CO129-533-13 Salaries- conversion rate of sterling 30-1-1931 - 21-1-1932 — Page 286

NO CONFIDENTIAL.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 30th January, 1931.

Enclo. No. 1.

Enclo. No. 2.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSTIELD,

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My Lord,

With reference to correspondence ending with Your Lordship's confidential telegram of the

27th January, 1931, on the subject of the

conversion rate of sterling salaries, I have the

honour to confirm my telegram of the 29th January informing Your Lordship that the Legislative Council

had on that day approved the new method of

conversion.

2.

I forward herewith the Memorial to which

reference has been made in that correspondence,

signed by 552 officers on sterling salaries, of

whom it will be observed that no less than 172 are

from the Police Department.

3.

I annex to the Memorial a communication

from Mr. R.A.D. Forrest, Cadet Officer, in which he

supplements the Memorial with certain observations,

of his own on the subject of possible economies

in administration and additional sources of revenue.

I find myself entirely unable to support

the views put forward in the Memorial which in

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