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club in Hong Kong, a good golf club and the

best cricket club amount in all to about $150,

Club subscriptions to about $20 a month. But it

must be borne in mind that attendant expenses,

especially in the case of golf, are likely to

involve a considerable addition to this sum.

Other clubs such as the yacht club and the polo club, are cheap of their kind, but must be regarded as expensive luxuries.

There is at present no Income Tax in the Colony and there are no rates or taxes in

the usual English sense.

On the whole it may be said that an

unmarried master on a three years' agreement can save money and still live on a scale which

would content him at home.

School holidays in Hong Kong give special facilities for visiting neighbouring countries. Japan, North and South China, Indo-China, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippine Islands

are all within reach at a cost which should be

within the officer's means.

It would be extremely difficult for a

married master to live on the salary offered during the first few years of service in Hong Kong, and it is for that reason considered

essential that a candidate should be unmarried.