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The Hon. The Colonial Secretary
Hong Kong.
N
Fake's Burrow,
The Warren,
Tel.45.
Mayfield,
Sussex.
4th June 1939.
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Dear Colonial Secretary
A "semi-official" has seemed to some of us who signed
the letter of 24th November 1938 to the Hong Kong Government on the
subject of Widows' and Orphans' Pensions the best method of clearing
up a point still remaining. That letter from us was occasioned
by a Crown Agents' Circular dated 1st September 1938, and the
Circular (based on a Financial Resolution of the Legislative Council
in the Colony) informed us that the rate for the payment of certain future Widows' and Orphans' Pensions was altered from $1 equals
three shillings to the current rate.
We of course took the strongest objection to this
proposed action and have now received a further Circular dated
26 May 1939 from the Crown Agents informing us - incidentally in
rather curious terms that we now revert to the former rate of
$1 equals three shillings. But there is no word of the cancella-
tion of the Financial Resolution which was to change this rate to
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