EXTRACT FROM A TELEGRAM ADDRESSED TO
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES BY THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG (SIR A.
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R.
GRANTHAM
Dry, an 53652/48.
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The preliminary investigation mentioned in paragraph 13 of my despatch no. 100 has had to be suspended in consequence of staff difficulties, but some small reduc- tions in menial and clerical staffs have been made. Unwelcome economies are being effected by the resignation of European and Chinese technical and professional staff, who find the new salaries and cost of living allowances unattractive. I still await the arrival of an Efficiency Expert, but must point out that when loan expenditure is taken into account, the proportion of the total spending attribu- table to personal emoluments is only about 331%.
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