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Tel. No.-Whitehall 9400.

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to :- The Under-Secretary of State,

The War Office.

London, S.W.1.

and the following number quoted.

/6306/19 F.2.

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Sir,

NATIONAL

CHEM

MEN

FOR DISABLED

AAL

23 SEP 1940 C.O. REG

44/22

THE WAR OFFICE,

LONDON, S.W.1.

September, 1940.

за

With reference to your letter dated 10th July, 1940, number 53614/40 regarding the appointment of Ma jor-General E.F. Norton, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., as Governor and Commander in Chief, Hong Kong, with the acting rank of Lieutenant-General, I am commanded by the Army Council to inform you that they concur in the grant to General Norton of a salary of £3,550 per annum in addition to entertainment allowance of £2,200 a year and an allowance of £4.566 Hong Kong dollars.

As stated in your letter under reply the colony of Hong Kong will be liable for a pension contribution at the rate of £105 per annum.

Copy to Hong Kong

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The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

London,

S.W.1.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

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