No. 313.
Sir,
GOVERNMent houSE,
HONG KONG, 23rd June, 1932.
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And
I have the honour to inform you that it
has been the practice hitherto where an officer wished
to draw his salary in the Colony during his absence on
leave to make such payments as they became due to an
agent authorised in writing by the officer concerned.
The agent is required at the same time to sign an
undertaking to refund any salary overdrawn.
a copy of the form in use for this purpose.
2.
I enclose
The Treasurer has however pointed out that
this procedure is not in complete accordance with
Colonial Regulation 280 which requires a certificate
that the officer was alive on the date to which salary
is claimed to be furnished to the Treasurer and attached
to the payment voucher. It is clear that in the case of
an officer on leave such a certificate could not normally
be received until several weeks after the payment becomes
due; on the other hand the Government would appear to be
amply secured by the undertaking signed by the agent and
in the case of pensionable officers by the provision that
salary overdrawn may be deducted from the Death Gratuity.
3.
In the circumstances I should be glad to
receive your authority to continue the practice now in
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.
etc.
etc.
etc.
force
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