CO129-558-3 Levy on Salaries- petition from Chinese Civil Servants 3-1-1936 - 19-12-1936 — Page 270

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be grateful for your reply on this point

sent by

to be send by air mail, or if necessary by

telegram in order that a decision may be

reached not later than the beginning of

March.

3.

You will no doubt take any steps

necessary, if this has not already been

done, in order to give effect to the

principles stated in paragraph 5 (4) of

Sir Robert Hamilton's circular despatch

of the 16th July, 1932, regarding the

precautions which should be taken to

an undue rated livy

on

avoid unfair disepimination between

salaries

or

just above the levels at which the lovy begins to operate a

the exemption level,

operates at minecraps

a higher rate,

a

and to paragraph 5(2) regarding the

and also

reckoning of salary for purposes of

pension

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