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Climate.
Clothing.
Cost of Living, etc.
years' service; otherwise she must have attained the age of 55. For 10 full years' service a pension equal to 15/60ths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointment for the three years preceding. retirement may be awarded, to which 1/60th may be added for each additional year's service up to a total maximum
pension of 40/60ths.
The winter climate of Hong Kong is usually dry and bright, with a keen North wind when the lionsoon is strong.
The summer climate is hot and somewhat damp, but
not actually unhealthy.
Winter clothing should be such as could be worn
on a mild winter day at home. Many people feel the cold Summer of a Hong Kong winter almost as much as at home. clothing should be obtained in the Colony where it is
fairly cheap.
It is impossible to give a satisfactory estimate of the cost of living in Hong Kong, because so much depends upon the tastes and habits of the individual. But the following information is taken from a Hand-book on conditions and cost of living in Hong Kong compiled by the Colonial Government from records up to 1925:-
"The Cost of hotel accommodation for a single person varies from $145 to $250 a month, not inclusive of drinks, electric fans and fires.
Boarding House accommodation for a single person
may be put at $125 to $200 a month.
There is at present no Income Tax in the Colony and there are no rates or taxes in the usual English
sense.
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On the whole it may be said that a mistress on a three years' agree..ent can save money and still live on
a scale which would content her at home.
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