Enclosure 2.
378
Extract from the General Orders of Hong Kong foxeriment.
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Privileged Rates of Exchange.
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101.-(1) Officers on sterling salaries are, until further
notice, entitled while in the Colony, to have their salaries
converted into dollars at the exchange rates per pound
sterling shown in the following table:-
When exchange is at or over 4s. 4d..............
When exchange is at or over 4s. and below 48.4d.$10.30
When exchange is at or over 3s. 8d. and below
$10.00
4a... $10.60
When exchange is at or over 3s. 4. and below
3. 8d.
$10.90
When exchange is at or over 38. and below 3s.4d.$11.20
When exchange is at or over 28.81. and below 3s.$11.50
When exchange is over 2s. 6d. and below 2s. 8d. $11.80
When exchange is at or below 2s. 6d.
$12.00
(2) Subject to the approval of the Governor in each
case, the salary of an officer on duty or on vacation leave,
not combined with commuted or half-pay leave, in a
neighbouring country, will be paid to the credit of the
officer at his bank in Hong Kong at the same rate of exchang
as if he were resident in the Colony.
(3) Arrears of salary due in respect of leave for the
period not exceeding six weeks between the date of the last
payment in England or other country having a gold standard
and the date of arrival in the Colony are convertible into
dollars as specified in paragraph (1).
(4) The half salary payable for the period of the
voyage out to officers on first appointment (General Order
87) is convertible into dollars at the rate of $10.00 only
to the pound,
(5)
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