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Head 27, Defence,
A. Volunteer Defence Corps.
Provision is made for an Armourer Staff Sergeant.
Hitherto the Police or the Military Authorities have lent an
officer periodically to inspect the arms of the Volunteers.
But this was never a very satisfactory arrangement, and with
the increase in the armament of the Corps is becoming unworkable,
as rifles and machine guns require constant expert attention
if they are not to deteriorate, This permanent Non-Commis-
sioned Officer will also act as Orderly Room Sergeant and will
assist the Adjutant in dealing with correspondence, which is continually growing. As a slight offset the post of Class III
Clerk in the Junior Clerical Service will be abolished.
two Special Guards are required for the protection of the
valuable stocks which are stored at Volunteer Headquarters.
B. Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force.
This is still a comparatively new institution
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and, as far as "Other Charges are concerned, the estimates
must be somewhat in the nature of a guess as we have not the
expenditure of previous years to go upon. There is a net
increase in the total vote of $1,000.
Head 28, Miscellaneous Services.
The higher rate of exchange makes a reduction
in the cost in dollars of the Colony's contributions to
various institutes at home, A new local grant appears for
the Hong Kong Travel Association, For this a local committee, as will be recollected, recommended an annual grant of $25,000
for three years and this amount was in fact voted specially
in June, 1935. At the suggestion of the Secretary of State this figure has been reduced to $15,000 in the present
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