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gold currency country should be

sterling salary at the rate of

allowed to convert his

at Treasury rate and

ğ at 1/6d; and that any such officer having either a

wife and child or children or having two or more

children in a gold currency country should be allowed

to convert his sterling salary at the rate of 6/8 at

Treasury rate and 2/8 at 1/6d. All officers having

no such dependants in a gold currency country would

continue to draw salary at the present rate of 1⁄2 at Treasury rate and at 1/6a.

8. I would propose that for this purpose "child"

should be defined as a child of either sex who has not

reached his or her 21st birthday and that the

privilege should apply to periods spent on voyages to

and from Hong Kong.

9. In view of Your Lordship's opinion that the

anomaly referred to could be rectified forthwith I

would request a telegraphic reply to this proposal.

10. It is not easy to calculate the cost in

dollars of such a concession without calling for

individual applications, but it is not thought that

more than about 10 to 15 per cent of sterling paid

officers would be eligible for any relief on such

terms.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,

Tu

Governor, &c.