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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.

But

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

considered advisable that

for that reason/officers would be well advised not selec

to marry during their first tour of service unless

possessed of private means.

should be unmarried and should remain so until

placed the pensionable establishment

they

axe

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Colonial office.

December

March 1927.