Admiralty/17772/Hong Kong
Conf.
fer
& 17
Downing Street,
10 Kay, 1920.
DRAFT.
THE SECRETARY,
ADMIRALTY,
MINUTE.
• Mr.
Beckett
6/5/20.
Mr.
Collins
Mr.
Mr. Grindle.
Sir H. Lambert.
Sir H. Read.
Sir G. Fiddes.
Col. Amery.
Lord Milner.
Eastern No.132.
only frame cofy herewith
Sir,
I am directed by Viscount Milner
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.C.E. 3713/20 of the 6th of April regarding salaries in Hong Kong, and to express regret that it has not been possible to furnish an earlier reply.
2. I am to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the salaries of Hong Kong Civil Servants have recently undergone revision, as shown in the enclosed printed corres- pondence. The revised rates were stated by the Commission, on whose report (with` considerable modifications in detail) the new scales are based as representing
an approximate increase ranging from 12% on the present total emoluments of the higher grades to 30% in the case of the lower grades. Sir E.Stubbs estimates the cost of his proposals at an advance of about 30% on pre-war figures, and an increase of 10% on present rates. It will be observed that in future all sterling salaries will be paid to offices actually serving in the Colony at 2
shillings the dollar and that duty allowances (1.e.allowances granted to
officers
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