CO129-586-1 Allotment of officers' residences 26-8-1940 - 26-8-1940 — Page 3

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My Lord,

RECEIVED

4 OCT 1940

C. O. REC

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

26th August,1940.

I have the honour to refer again to Mr.

MacDonald's despatch No.181 of 16th June, 1938, on the

subject of official residences.

2.

Dr. P.S.Selwyn-Clarke, Director of Medical

Services, has lately been allotted a house which I

consider to be suitable as a residence for permanent

attachment to that post. As you are aware Dr. P.S.

Selwyn-Clarke is now an official member of the Executive

Council, though not ex-officio, and his position is therefore analogous to that of the Director of Public

Works in 1938, to which the seventh paragraph of Mr. N.L.Smith's despatch No.278 of 5th April, 1938, refers.

3.

I do not propose to interfere with the

decision already reached regarding the quarters allotted

to the post of Director of Public Works even though its

present occupant is not a member of the Executive

Council.

4.

The question of a permanent allotment to

the post of Secretary for Chinese Affairs is still in

abeyance as Mr. North does not desire to move from his

house in Severn Road.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,

Monion

Officer Administering the Government.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD LLOYD OF DOLOBRAN,

&C.,

&C.,

&c.

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