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ROYAL SOCIETIES CLUB,

BER 28 OCT 20 ST. JAMES'S STREET,

S. W.

October 27th 1920

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter No.509/20 of the 25th instant, informing me of the advantages enjoyed by officers of the Hong Kong Government in the conversion of sterling salaries to

ocal currency, of a temporary allowance now given safe-guarding officers gainst loss through the exchange value of the dollar falling, and en-

ig as to the lowest salary in sterling that I would be prepared to

t as Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department of

g Kong.

In reply I have to say that I have most carefully considered this ter, and am of opinion that in view of my previous service in Uganda the Colonial Office, and in other parts of Africa and tropical

si Anerioa under Foreign Governmenta,my commencing salary with the g Kong Government should be the maximum offered, viz. £800 per year. In this connection I may mention that for several years past I we been in receipt of a salary approximating £1,000 a year, and have balore ne at the moment an offer of an appointment with a salary con-

bly in excess of that sun. I am prepared however to give pre-

to a post in the service of the Empire for a smaller remuneration.

I have the honour to be

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sir,

Under Secretary of State, COLONIAL OFFICE,

London,S.W.I

Your most obedient servant,

Withdail