CO129-546-7 Leave and passage regulations 3-1-1934 - 26-11-1935 — Page 46

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which

I am informed will contain definite

recommendations in regard to the question

of accommodation on board ship, will

provide an opportunity of reviewing

the present arrangements in Hong Kong,

both in regard to the classification

of officers for passage purposes and

in regard to the grant of contributions

from the Government towards the cost of

passages for an officer's family.

In these circumstances I propose to

await the Committee's report before

considering any further proposals for

changes in the existing arrangements.

Meanwhile I will not press for a

reconsideration of the position of the

five officers affected by the recent

change in the rules regarding the class

of passage.. On the other hand, I should

not object to the grant to these officers,

if any of them come on leave before the

completion