CO129-569-14 Cost of living figures 14-2-1938 - 21-11-1938 — Page 20

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

S. CAINE, ESQ.,

Anadle

520

Colonial Office,

Downing Street, S.W.1.

23rd February, 1938.

Dear Caine,

I hope everything flourishes with you

and that the change of weather, which must now

be due, is not causing you or your family too

much distress. Please give my kindest regards

to them.

The Treasury is engaged with discussions

with the Admiralty about increased remuneration

for Admiralty staff in Hong Kong, and it was for

them that we asked you in our telegram No. 34 of

the 14th of February for the Butterfield and Swires

cost of living figures at certain dates. They now

tell us that it would be of interest to them if

they could be furnished with such figures quarterly

as they are compiled by Butterfields, who, I

understand,

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