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(10) Passages cannot be claimed by an officer transferred to Hong Kong on account of his service under the Crown in another Colony or Protectorate but such service will be taken

into consideration in determining the rate at which the cost

to Government of passages or a proportionate part of passages

may be granted to him pn account of his service in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong.

(11) In cases of peculiar hardship the cost of passages

may be granted, either wholly or in part, even though the

grants cannot be justified by resident service, or may bring

about a departure from paragraph (6) of this order.

(12) Heads of Departments are required to send to the Harbour Master in June each year a schedule of all passages

which will probably be needed by officers in their departments during the ensuing twelve months. Provisional reservations

in respect of such schedules will be subject to confirmation

by the Colonial Secretary on the forms required in connection

with leave certificates.

(13) An officer on leave in the United Kingdom or in Ireland who desires a passage back to Hong Kong must apply

immediately on arrival to the Crown Agents by whom all book- ings will be made, unless he makes private arrangements. This rule applies whether the officer is or is not in possess-

ion of a return ticket.

(14) Subject to the condition that the class of accommod-

ation be approved by the Government as appropriate, an officer may make private arrangements for passages for himself or any such member of his family in lieu of standard passages, and

he will upon production of the passage tickets be granted a

sum equivalent to the cost or appropriate proportion of the cost to Government of standard accommodation fixed by Govern- mant at the time of such grant and appropriate to his case, or the actual cost of the accommodation taken, whichever sum

is less.

(15)