CO129-566-12 Fuel allowance for Army personnel in Hong Kong 14-9-1938 - 29-9-1938 — Page 2

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that thing at the the bases of pay to

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unjustified.

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mly local exference (samband really with experience of the other places mured) could say.

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P. Roger

16/9.

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I have not lived in any of the

Mediterranean stations in cold weather so I cannot

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say how many therms one requires there as compared

with Hong Kong.

As to the relative amounts of fuel

required to keep one warm as between Hong Kong and

home, most of the China hands would, I think, say

that it takes as much in one place as in the other.

I know of nothing to distinguish Hong Kong fireplaces

from those in this country;

they are as large and

(in