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        "title": "CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12]",
        "content_text": "## extract from HONG KONG TELEGRAPH of 20th December 1903\n\n## HONG KONG CIVIL SERVANTS' ADDRESS TO H.E. THE GOVERNOR\n\nThe Chief Justice, Sir W. M. Goodman, on behalf of the Civil Servants of Hongkong, attended at Government House this afternoon, and, in the presence of a large gathering of officials and others, presented H.E. Sir H. A. Blake with an illuminated address, signed by the servants in Government offices. There were present, in addition to Sir Henry and Lady Blake, Sir John Keane, A.D.C., and Sir W. M. Goodman, Mr. A. G. Wise, Hon. F. H. May, Hon. J. S. Berkeley, Hon. W. Chatham, Hon. A. W. Brewin, Hon. L. A. M. Johnston, Hon. Basil Taylor, Hon. Dr. Atkinson, Dr. Feasey, Dr. Bainett, Dr. Anderson, Dr. T. Bateson Wright, Messrs. C. McI. Masser, S. B. C. Ross, H. P. Tooker, R. F. Johnson, C. Clementi, G. A. Woodcock, A. Seth, Bruce Shepherd, J. Hanson, H. J. Baker, Jones, and many other Civil Servants, besides a large number of ladies.\n\nSir William Goodman assured H.E. of the sincerity with which they regretted his departure, and said they felt they were not only losing an able Governor, but a wise and sympathetic friend (Applause). He afterwards handed him the address, enclosed in a beautifully carved blackwood case, bearing the following inscription on a silver shield: \"Presented to H.E. Sir Henry Arthur Blake, G.C.M.G., by the Civil Servants of Hongkong, on his departure for Ceylon. November, 1903.\"\n\nH.E., in thanking them for their kind expressions of regret, said he had no hesitation in saying that nobody among public servants in the wide empire of the Crown had done their work more faithfully than those in Hongkong. He personally thanked them for the thoroughness of their work, which had made his task easy and pleasant, and which would, he hoped, bring to them in future a due reward for public services faithfully and efficiently performed. The instinct of hard work was amongst them, and fair criticism ought not to be unwelcomed or disregarded. They had the good fortune of having a press, which he had no hesitation in saying was not alone independent but as fair a press as he had known in any colony. Its standard was high, and it was absolutely free from that scurrility and personality that he had seen now and again elsewhere (Applause). It was a great satisfaction to him to know that in departing from Hongkong he had left some good men amongst them, whose names would be well known in the future. On behalf of Lady Blake and himself, he thanked them most warmly for their kindness, which was most heartily reciprocated. He wished them every prosperity in the future (Applause).\n\n## The following is the text of the address:\n\nTo His Excellency SIR HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE, G.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.\n\nMay it please Your Excellency,—Before Your Excellency leaves this Colony to take up the important appointment which His Majesty the King has been pleased to confer upon you, it is the desire of those who have served under you in Hongkong to express their regret at the prospect of your early departure, and the high respect and admiration which they have learned to feel for Your Excellency. All sections of the community must be aware that since your arrival in this Colony in 1898, you have never spared yourself in labouring for its welfare, but none can know this so well as those who have had the privilege of working under your direction. The period of your administration has been a momentous one in the history of the Colony, and has had its special difficulties and anxieties. Not only has Hongkong grown steadily in wealth and prosperity, but its area has been largely extended by the occupation of the New Territory. With the advance of the Colony in Imperial and Commercial importance, increased responsibilities and new problems have arisen, demanding from the Governor no small measure of sagacity and administrative skill.\n\nIn our own endeavours conscientiously to perform our humbler part in the increasing labours of the Government, we have all been cheered and encouraged by the knowledge that the highest example of hard work, energy, and enthusiasm has been shown us by Your Excellency; and at the same time, we desire gratefully to acknowledge the courtesy, consideration, and sympathy which you, as head of the Civil Service, have invariably extended to all its members. The Crown has already recognised Your Excellency's administrative abilities by conferring upon you the highest appointments in several of the colonies of the Empire. In your administration of the Bahamas, Newfoundland, and Jamaica, and here again in Hongkong, Your Excellency has proved that the Royal choice could have fallen on none worthier or better fitted to carry on the high traditions of British justice, integrity, impartiality, and earnestness which, no less than in the mother-country, are so proudly cherished in the King's Dominions beyond the Seas. The experience gained by Your Excellency during so long a period and in so many Colonies has added year by year to the value of your services. It was therefore with great satisfaction that we, the Civil Servants in this Colony, learned that His Majesty had selected you to be Governor of the Colony of Ceylon, one of the fairest as it is one of the most important of all His Majesty's possessions.\n\nWe feel confident that Your Excellency's term of administration in Ceylon will be accompanied by the uniform success which has attended your administration of four other Colonies; and the Civil Service of Hongkong, while regretfully taking leave of a Head for whom it has the highest regard, congratulates the sister-service in Ceylon on its acquisition of so capable, just, and considerate a Governor. In conclusion, we desire to express our heartfelt wish that, not only in Ceylon but elsewhere, Good Health, Prosperity, and Happiness may long be granted both to Your Excellency and Lady Blake.\n\nWe have the honour to subscribe ourselves\n\nYour Excellency's\n\nMost obedient humble servants,\n\n[Here follow signatures]",
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        "document_key": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903",
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        "title": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903",
        "content_text": "173,\n\nCommunications on this subject\n\nshould be addressed to-\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\n\nM\n\nCollice,\n\nLondon, S.W.,\n\nand the following number quoted\n\nAnod 5334\n\nSir,\n\nI am\n\nH.\n\ndirected by the Secretary of State to\n\ninform you that, subject to approval passed by the medical adviser of\n\nthis Department as physically fit for service, you have been\n\nselected for probationary appointment as\n\nAssistant Medical Officer of Health, Hong Kong,\n\nwith salary at the rate of £480 a year.\n\n'Should the appointment be made permanent at the close\n\nof the period of probation, the salary at this rate will be\n\nraised to £600 a year by two annual increments of £120,\n\nto a maximum of £720 a year.\n\n2. It is to be understood that your engagement is for not more than\n\nthree years from the date of your arrival in the Colony; and that, if it is\n\nestablished to the satisfaction of the Governor that you are not qualified\n\nfor efficient service there, the Governor, subject to the confirmation of the\n\nSecretary of State, will have full power to cancel your appointment at any\n\ntime within the said three years without giving you any further compensation than a passage back to England, which will be granted only if the Governor\n\nis satisfied that you have, by your good conduct, deserved it. If not\n\npreviously terminated, the appointment will cease at the end of the said\n\nthree years, unless it be expressly continued.\n\n3. It is also to be understood that your services will be available for\n\nany duties upon which the Governor, in the interest of the public service,\n\nmay think it desirable to employ you, and that it will be within his discretion\n\nto station you wherever he may consider that your presence will be most\n\nuseful.\n\n4. It will be necessary for you to express your acceptance of the\n\nconditions stated in the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of this letter before your\n\n[TURN OVER.\n\nL.T. De B. L.T. Barnett, Esq., M.B.,\n\nDowning Street,\n\nFeb.\n\n1903.\n\n839\n\n4/2\n\nMr. Johnson",
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        "page_number": 847,
        "title": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903",
        "content_text": "be omitted in order to cope \n\nwith Appointments of more than 500 (\n\nselection can be completed. In other respects you will be subject to the Colonial Regulations in force for the time being, which are published in the annual \"Colonial Office List,\" and can also be consulted in this Office. The appointment is under the Colonial Government, and your emoluments will be paid solely from the funds of the Colony.\n\nYou should present yourself to one of the Medical Advisers of this Department, whose names are given in the annexed letter, for the purpose of being medically examined. The letter is to be detached and left with him; and you will be required to pay him a fee of one guinea. He will send a report to this Department.\n\nIf finally selected for the probationary appointment, you will be provided with a free mail passage to the Colony, on your signing the usual agreement with the Crown Agents for the Colonies, Downing Street, S.W., by which you will be bound to repay to the Colonial Government the cost of your passage in the event of your relinquishing the appointment within three years of the date of your arrival in the Colony for any other reason than mental or physical infirmity.\n\nYou will be entitled to half salary from the date of your embarkation from this country, and to full salary from the date of your arrival in the Colony. In the event of your appointment being cancelled, you will not be entitled to any leave of absence or pay after the date of the letter by which the cancellation is notified to you, unless the Governor, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, shall grant it on special grounds.\n\nI am to request that you will inform me of the earliest date at which you will be prepared to leave for the Colony, in order that the necessary communications may be made to the Governor and to the Crown Agents.\n\nI am to enclose a paper No. 13, Far East, which shows the manner in which salary is paid in Hong Kong. The last three paragraphs of the enclosure will be applicable to your appointment in the event of its being made permanent during the year.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nM 4929\n\n03\n\nB.T.L. Barnett, Esq.\n\nMr. Fiddian\n\n· Johnson\n\nMr. Antrobus.\n\nMr. Cox.\n\nMr. Lucas.\n\nMr. Graham.\n\nSir M. Ommanney. Earl of Onslow.\n\nMr. Chamberlain.\n\nM.B.\n\n13 Feb\n\n$334\n\nAnod 5334\n\n840\n\nH.K\n\n4. Kay\n\nYuj\n\n7 Feb/ox\n\nIn continuation of the letter from this Office of the 7th inst., I am directed to state that if appointed to the post of Assistant Medical Officer of Health at Hong Kong, you would receive conveyance allowance at the rate of £270 a year, which in the Colony is not considered...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6]",
        "page_number": 704,
        "title": "CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6]",
        "content_text": "## Government House, Hongkong, 27th June, 1905.\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to Lord Onslow's Despatch No. 65 of the 21st of February, 1903, on the subject of the selection of Mr. B. T. L. Barnett, M.B., D.P.H., for appointment as Assistant Medical Officer of Health in this Colony, I have the honour to inform you that in February last I permitted Dr. Barnett to resign this appointment in order to take up employment under the Government of Egypt, and that subsequently I appointed, under agreement for 1 year, on a salary of £480 per annum with a conveyance allowance of $22.50 per mensem, a local candidate - Dr. W. A. B. Moore - to take Dr. Barnett's place.\n\n2. Dr. Moore is an L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S. (Ireland) and was well recommended. He has been employed on Plague work since his appointment, and the Principal Civil Medical Officer reports that he is very pleased.\n\nSee `Ptge. paper 36049/3` and `14119/04`.  \n`CR 4/8`, `11314/03`, `5334/03`.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE  \nALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.  \n&c., &c., &c.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-387 - Individuals - 1911",
        "page_number": 38,
        "title": "CO129-387 - Individuals - 1911",
        "content_text": "TESTIMONIAL.\n\nFrom\n\nF. E. FREMANTLE, M.A., M.B. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), County Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer, Hertfordshire; Edward Jenner Lecturer on Public Health at St. George's Hospital.\n\nZETLAND HOUSE,\n\nNext Guy's HOSPITAL, S.E.\n\n28th June, 1911.\n\nMr. B. L. T. BARNETT has been working as my assistant for the last nine months, and is now officially acting as my paid Deputy County Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer for six weeks. I first met him in the course of a year's travel and sanitary investigation when he was Assistant Medical Officer of Health at Hong Kong, and was privileged to see the excellent work carried out by him and his colleagues in that Colony.\n\nMr. BARNETT has now acquired a considerable knowledge of my work and methods as County Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer. He is, if I may say so, industrious, intelligent, bears a most trustworthy character, and at the same time shows the rarer, but almost more important qualities of wisdom, sympathy, and common sense. He would, I feel assured, make a very good Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of a large Combined Sanitary District, especially in a county of rural parishes, with which, being thoroughly in touch with English country life, he has much in common.\n\nFRANCIS E. FREMANTLE.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-511-12 Staff list for Hong Kong- approval for staff increase in Colonial Secretary's Office 15-6-1928 - 15-6-1928",
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        "title": "CO129-511-12 Staff list for Hong Kong- approval for staff increase in Colonial Secretary's Office 15-6-1928 - 15-6-1928",
        "content_text": "22\n\n-\n\n12\n\n―\n\nHONG KONG,—Continued.\n\nATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT,—Continued.\n\n13\n\n—\n\nHONG KONG,—Continued.\n\nCrown Solicitor £1,000-£25-£1,200... H. K. Holmes, July 10, '22.\n\n16 Inspectors (Continued).\n\nAsst. Crown Solicitor £850-£25-£975... T. M. Hazlerigg, M.C., Oct. 5, '20.\n\nAsst. Crown Solicitor £600-£25-£800... T. S. Whyte-Smith, W.S., Dec. 29, '23.\n\nLand Officer... £900-£25-£1,200... P. Jacks, May 17, '16.\n\nAssistant Land Officer £600-£25-£800... F. Eaves, D.S.O., Sept. 11, '22.\n\n£1,250-£50-£1,500\n\n22.\n\nCaptain Supdt.\n\nPOLICE DEPARTMENT.\n\n3 Deputy Supdts. ... £375 to £1,100\n\n6 Asst. Supdts.\n\nE. D. C. Wolfe, Jan 1, '20.\n\nP. P. J. Wodehouse, C.I.E., by 17 annual increments of £25 & 6 annual increments of £50, Jan. 14, '12.\n\nT. H. King, April 5, '21.\n\nD. Burlingham, Feb. 1, '14.\n\nC. G. Perdue, Jan. 27, '19.\n\nL. H. V. Booth, Feb. 11, '22.\n\nW. R. Scott, Dec. 8, '22.\n\nW. G. Gerrard, May 2, '26.\n\nW. La B. Sparrow, Oct. 25, '24.\n\nL. H. C. Calthrop, Nov. 21, '24.\n\n£500-£25-£600... W. Kent, May 2, '26.\n\nChief Inspector\n\nChief Detective Insp.\n\nArmourer\n\nDo.\n\nT. Murphy, Nov. 24, '26.\n\n16 Inspectors\n\n£320-£10-£360... C. Greenwood, Nov. 7, '24.\n\n£400-£12.10s.-£450.\n\nC. F. Aris, Aug. 13, '21.\n\nJ. Ogg, Aug. 30, '23.\n\nP. Grant, Dec. 24, '23.\n\nH. J. Patterson, Feb. 7, '24.\n\nW. Spear, Dec. 26, '24.\n\nRichard Lanigan, July 6, '25.\n\nSub-Inspectors..\n\nPOLICE DEPARTMENT,—Continued.\n\n£400-£12-10s.-£450.\n\nD. MacDonald, Aug. 7, '25.\n\nR. H. E. Marks, Oct. 1, '25.\n\nA. N. Reynolds, Nov. 27, '25.\n\nA. R. Clark, May 2, '26.\n\nJ. R. Clark, Aug. 6, '26.\n\nW. R. McWalter, Aug. 13, '26.\n\nJ. Moss, Nov. 24, '26.\n\nF. E. Booker, May 11, '27.\n\nA. Hutchins, Aug. 5, '27.\n\n1 Post Vacant.\n\n£320-£10-£360... R. C. Watt, Aug. 17, '20.\n\nC. Pain, Jan. 17, '21.\n\nC. Evans, Jan. 1, '22.\n\nE. J. Cotton, July 25, '22.\n\nE. Bloor, Aug. 8, '22.\n\nH. Phillips, Sept. 27, '22.\n\nC. P. Fallon, July 27, '23.\n\nF. Shaftain, Aug. 7, '23.\n\nW. Shannon, Aug. 18, '23.\n\nR. Shandon, Aug. 30, '23.\n\nJohn Murphy, Dec. 23, '23.\n\nD. W. Barnett, Jan. 1, '24.\n\nL. P. Lane, Jan. 1, '24.\n\nJ. Brennan, Jan. 1, '24.\n\nA. E. T. Brown, Feb. 7, '24.\n\nK. W. Andrews, Jan. 1, '25.\n\nG. A. Stimson, Jan. 1, '25.\n\nC. F. Alexander, Jan. 1, '25.\n\nE. A. Vincent, Jan. 1, '25.\n\nW. E. Wilson, Dec. 21, '24.\n\nH. R. Kirkby, Dec. 26, '24.\n\nC. L. Goble, July 6, '25.\n\nM. Hourihan, Aug. 7, '25.\n\nE. J. Ellis, Aug. 7, '25.\n\n23",
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        "document_key": "CO129-589-12 War Revenue Ordinance 1941 8-5-1941 - 19-6-1941",
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        "title": "CO129-589-12 War Revenue Ordinance 1941 8-5-1941 - 19-6-1941",
        "content_text": "## Chapter III.\n\n### APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE WAR REVENUE COMMITTEE\n\n### Recommendation and Conclusion.\n\nWe recommend that the War Revenue Ordinance, 1940, be repealed and replaced by an enactment on the lines of the draft Bill appended hereto; the draft Bill includes a provision that all matters pertaining to the year of assessment which ended on 31st March, 1941, shall be dealt with under the present Ordinance.\n\nIn conclusion, we should like to express our indebtedness to Mr. K. M. A. Barnett, the Secretary to the Committee, who has kept full minutes of our meetings and who prepared the first draft of our Report.\n\n**(Signed)**\n\n| Name | \n| --- | \n| C. G. ALABASTER (Chairman) | \n| R. R. TODD | \n| STANLEY H. DODWELL | \n| J. J. PATERSON | \n| M. K. Lo | \n| LI TSE FONG | \n| W. N. T. TAM | \n| V. M. GRAYBURN | \n| D. J. SLOSS | \n| R. ROBERTSON | \n| L. KADOORIE | \n| NG CHAK WA | \n| A. G. CLARKE | \n| CYRIL VAN LANGENBERG | \n| LEO D'ALMADA E CASTRO, JNR. |\n\nDates of signature:\n- 21st May, 1941 (all except LEO D'ALMADA E CASTRO, JNR.)\n- 22nd May, 1941 (LEO D'ALMADA E CASTRO, JNR.)\n\n### Note by the Chairman.\n\nOne member of the Committee, Mr. E. M. Bryden, has been unable to sign the Report on account of temporary absence from the Colony; he has, however, authorized me to state that he is in complete agreement with the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee as set out above.\n\n23rd May, 1941.\n\n(Sd.) C. G. ALABASTER, Chairman.\n\n`[No. 7-23.5.41.-3.]`\n\n## A BILL INTITULED An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the War Revenue Ordinances of 1940.\n\nBE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-\n\n### CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY\n\n1. This Ordinance may be cited as the **War Revenue Ordinance, 1941**.\n\n2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires -\n- \"active partner\", in relation to a partnership, means a partner who takes an active part in the control, management, or conduct of the trade or business of such partnership;\n- \"agent\", in relation to a non-resident person or to a partnership in which any partner is a non-resident person, includes -\n  (a) the agent, attorney, factor, receiver, or manager in the Colony of such person or partnership, and\n  (b) any person in the Colony through whom such person or partnership is in receipt of any profits or income arising in or derived from the Colony;\n- \"Assistant Commissioner\" means an Assistant Commissioner of War Taxation appointed under this Ordinance;\n- \"authorized representative\" means an individual authorized in writing by any person to act on his behalf for the purposes of this Ordinance who is -\n  (a) in any case -\n    (i) an accountant approved by the Commissioner,\n    (ii) a solicitor, or counsel instructed by a solicitor,\n    (iii) an employee regularly employed by the person concerned, or\n    (iv) any other person approved by the Commissioner;\n  (b) in the case of an individual, a relative;\n  (c) in the case of a company, a director or the secretary;\n  (d) in the case of a partnership, a partner;\n  (e) in the case of a body of persons, a member;\n- \"bill of sale\" means a bill of sale registrable under the `Bills of Sale Ordinance, 1886` (`No. 7 of 1886`).",
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        "document_key": "CO129-590-11 Commission of Enquiry into irregularities in Immigration Departments 22-4-1941 - 19-12-1941",
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        "content_text": "Fifth day Saturday, 29th March 1941.\n\n286\n\nSecond Court 10 a.m.\n\nPresent:\n\n**His Honour Sir Alasdair Duncan Atholl MacGregor, Chief Justice, (Chairman).**\nMr. Charles Bernard Brown, A.C.A. J.P.,\nMr. David Drummond, J.P.,\nMr. Woo Hang-kam, LL.B., J.P.,\nMr Kenneth Myer Arthur Barnett, J.P., (Secretary).\n\nMr. R.A.D. Forrest, I.O., and Mr. E.W. Pudney, Accountant-General attended.\n\nChairman: Before we proceed with the hearing of any witnesses I have here three letters which I received in the course of yesterday and which I propose to read. The writers are not here, and the reason for their absence will be apparent from the nature of the letters. The first is from Mr. M.L. Bevan, of Pentreath & Co., who says that he is not personally acquainted with Mr. Forrest, but some time prior to Chinese New Year he telephoned to him and asked him if he could expedite the issue of a re-entry permit for his \"boy\", who had made an application some 17 days previously. Mr. Forrest was extremely courteous and helpful, and when he (Mr. Bevan) apologised for troubling the head of a department over such a small matter Mr. Forrest stated he was only too anxious to help people provided they were not rude to him.\n\nThe second letter is from Mr. D.J. Sloss, Vice-Chancellor of the Hong Kong University, who speaks of an occasion when he had dealings with Mr. Forrest as Immigration Officer and when Mr. Forrest treated him not only with complete courtesy but expeditiously also. The matter was over a cash receipt, and when Mr. Forrest was informed about it, he at once telephoned and asked him to send it to him. He received a reply almost by return of post.\n\nThe third is from Mr. T.B. Wilson, of the American President Lines, who writes: (Reads): -\n\"I noted in yesterday's newspaper report of the evidence, that Major Manners made reference to the incivility on the part of the Immigration Officer. I want to take this opportunity to assure the Commission that since the inauguration of the Immigration Office I have always found Mr. Forrest a capable and competent officer.\n\nMr. Forrest, you asked that Mr. Pudney should be present, but I think (Mr. Tseung: Interpreted) we have some members of the public we ought to hear first.",
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        "content_text": "## APPENDIX I\n### LIST OF WITNESSES WHO GAVE WRITTEN EVIDENCE\n\n**(4) Government Officers**\n\n| Name | Department |\n| --- | --- |\n| J.R. Moss | Director of Air Services |\n| A. Pollard | Audit |\n| K... Barnett |  |\n| R. Hetherington, D.F.C. |  |\n| R.J. ännitt |  |\n| D.J. McWhirter |  |\n| T. Sorby |  |\n| J. Watson |  |\n| G.A.C. Herklots | Secretary for Development, Development Secretariat |\n| G.P. Tamworth | District Office, New Territories |\n| J. Barrow, O.B.E. | District Officer, District Office, New Territories |\n| Ng Yik Fok and others |  |\n| J.L. Pearson | Education |\n| I.C. Simpson |  |\n| Wong Kwok Wah |  |\n| Y.P. Law | Director of Education, Education |\n| B.J. Morahan | Fire Brigade |\n| G. White | Government House |\n| T. Rowell |  |\n| C.I. Smith, M.M. | Chief Officer, Fire Brigade |\n| A. Todd | Harbour |\n| J. Jolly, C.B.E., M.D. | Harbour Master, Harbour |\n| W.H. Bailey |  |\n| F. Brett |  |\n| F. Brook |  |\n| E.T. Brown |  |\n| C. Cairns |  |\n| D.G. Cairns |  |\n\n22",
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        "document_key": "CO129-602-2 General orders relating to government quarters and rent allowance 6-1-1948 - 29-6-1949",
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        "title": "CO129-602-2 General orders relating to government quarters and rent allowance 6-1-1948 - 29-6-1949",
        "content_text": "# FINANCE\n## FINANCIAL SECRETARY\nHon. C.G.S. Follows, C.M.G.\n\n## COLONIAL SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG\nHIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR SIR A. W. G. H. GRANTHAM, K.C.M.G.\n### COLONIAL SECRETARY\nHon. J.F. Nicoll, C.M.G.\n#### DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY\nMr. K.M.A. Barnett\n\n## ORGANISATION\n### METHODS ADVISER\nMr. S.S. Ross\n#### DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY\nMr. C.B. Burgess\n### POLITICAL ADVISER\nMr. C.B.B. Heathcote-Smith\n### DEFENCE SECRETARY\nMr. R.J. Minnitt\n#### DEPUTY DEFENCE SECRETARY\nMr. D.R. Holmes, I.B.E. M.C.\n\n## ESTABLISHMENT OFFICER\nMr. K.S. Kinghorn\n\n23\n\n### Constitutional Reform, Colonial Development\n#### SPECIAL ADVISER\nMr. V.J. Carrie\n\n| Role | Name |\n| --- | --- |\n| Asst. Sec'y. No. 6 Estimates | Mr. T. G. Stokes |\n| Ex. Control Asst. Sec'y No. 7 | Mr. E.E.F. Hibberd |\n| Asst. Sec'y. No. 9 | Mr. C.G.F.F. Melmoth |\n| Trade & Development Asst. Sec'y. No. 1 | Mr. I.M.G. Williams, M.B.E. |\n| Communics. & Social Services |  |\n| ‣ Asst. Sec'y. No. 2 | Mr. R.W.H. Maynard |\n| ‣ Asst. Sec'y. No. 3 | Mr. A. Todd |\n| Asst. Sec'y. No. 4 | Mr. B.L. Barlow |\n| Asst. Sec'y. No. 5 | Mr. J.P. Aserappa |\n| Asst. Sec'y. No. 8 | Mr. A. Coates |\n| O. & M. Officer | Mr. I.S.D. Whitley |\n\n7th June, 1949.\n\n### Clerk of Councils\nMr. G.C. Hamilton\n#### Chief Clerk\n### Clerical & Housekeeping Staff Supervision\nMr. A.K. Suffiad",
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        "document_key": "CO129-607-2 Military administration- accounts- etc. 3-2-1949 - 14-11-1949",
        "page_number": 13,
        "title": "CO129-607-2 Military administration- accounts- etc. 3-2-1949 - 14-11-1949",
        "content_text": "Statement Showing Position of Hong Kong B.M... Advance Accounts as at the 31st March, 1949.\n\nRecovered Locally and placed on Deposit.\n\nAmount Paid from Deposit.\n\nBalances Outstanding\n\nList of Advances Outstanding\n\nPaid by Crown Agents\n\nTitle.\n\nBalance as at 30.4.46.\n\n  \n    $\n    Dr.\n  \n  \n    1,720-\n    Advance of Salary to Staff\n    254,756.25\n    185,914.86\n  \n  \n    \n    Bailey & Co. Ltd., W. S.\n    231,938.94\n    122,903.32\n  \n  \n    \n    Bardens, A. T.\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Barnett, L.LA\n    185.48\n    120\n  \n  \n    \n    Barrington.\n    185.48\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Blaker (of Gilman's)\n    120\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    British Embassy in China.\n    141.37\n    500\n  \n  \n    \n    British Red Cross\n    151,958.50\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    120\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    141.37\n    500\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    151,958.50\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    70,551.39\n    (a) No further recoveries possible owing to insufficient evidence of liability and resignations of Staff prior to receipt of instructions regarding recovery. This applied particularly to daily paid Staff and Police.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    109,035.62\n    (b) A payment of $96,206.28 was accepted by Government on the 12th March 1949 and it was agreed that this should be in full settlement. The 109,035.62 is therefore not recoverable.\n  \n  \n    \n    Bruce, H.\n    120\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Check & Miss Toodcock, Miss\n    212.70\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    1.20\n    212.70\n  \n  \n    \n    G.N.R.R.A.\n    144,182.40\n    24,121.87\n  \n  \n    \n    Chinese Military Mission\n    950,000-\n    950,000\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    120,060.53\n    (c) There was no written guarantee of repayment and recovery is still under query. It is possible that a small portion of the balance will be recovered.\n  \n  \n    \n    Chinese Public Dispensaries\n    80\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Commander Collet\n    11\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    C. of P. Funeral Expenses of Deceased Policemen,\n    500\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Cousins, G.\n    300\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    D.D.M.S.Medical Department.\n    896\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Davis, G. E.\n    2,500\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Defence Security Officer, C. G. Perdus,\n    2,985\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Diaward Steel Works.\n    10,000\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Director of Fisheries.\n    200,000\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Fitches, D. G. W.\n    \n    134,292.86\n  \n  \n    \n    Fleming, A.\n    2,000\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    242.79\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Foreign Office.\n    2,520\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    2,520\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    65,707.14\n    (d) The full amount has since been recovered and will be paid to the War Office together with any recoveries in respect of other items at a later date.\n  \n  \n    \n    Govt. of Mauritius.\n    4,916.87\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    4,916.87\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Govt. of F. I. S.\n    5,465.31\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Govt. of British North Borneo.\n    37,799.99\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Govt. of Nigeria,\n    39,583\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Govt. of Straits Settlements.\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Griffith, T. R.\n    1,193.37\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Halfter, N. A.\n    120\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Harrington, Miss Ada M.\n    203.63\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Hayward, Sub Inspector (dry rations supplied)\n    242.79\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Hip Tung Wo Engineering Manufactory\n    20.68\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    C/Forward:\n    24,979\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    2,031,607.90\n    \n  \n  \n    Dr.\n    1,710-\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    1,667,963.22\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    365,354.68",
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        "document_key": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952",
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        "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952",
        "content_text": "54403/15/51\n\nPERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL\n\n96\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nLondon, S.W.1.\n\n2 August, 1951\n\n2\n\nDear Bowring,\n\nI should be grateful for your help in unravelling a somewhat tangled situation which has developed in our activities to date in the project for establishing a fertilizer factory in the New Territories. I do not know whether you have yet been brought into this picture and if not, feel that you should know about it.\n\nIn December last year the Governor sent us a despatch (No.136 of the 12th December, 1950, Secretariat file No.23/641/50) asking us to sound a Mr. L.P. Brunt to see if he would be willing to visit Hong Kong, for about two months, \"to advise in detail\" on the fertilizer scheme. We duly wrote to Brunt, asking him if he would be willing to give his services as an \"expert adviser\". He was so willing and the matter was arranged. The relevant telegrams are Colonial Office telegrams Nos. 205, 295, 466 and Hong Kong telegrams Nos. 292, 326, 424. This correspondence makes it clear that at this stage Brunt was a salaried adviser, i.e. an employee of the Hong Kong Government not a consultant.\n\n3.\n\nThe next information we had was contained in Hong Kong Saving No.744 of the 29th June, 1951, which stated that Brunt had finished his work in Hong Kong, had presented a preliminary report and had returned to the United Kingdom \"with instructions to draw up full estimates of the cost of the scheme\". For his first month in London he was to continue as a salaried employee of the Hong Kong Government, but that arrangements would have to be made for his subsequent payment which would probably have to be made \"through whichever firm of consulting engineers he next attaches himself to. He has suggested that in this case payments should be based on the practice of the Association of Consulting Engineers\". We were asked to make these arrangements.\n\n4.\n\nBefore we received this saving, Brunt called on me and told me that after one month on the old basis he was to be engaged as a consultant, that the initial preparation of the scheme would take 2-3 months, that he might then have to return to Hong Kong to gain approval of the general scheme and that he would then return here to work out details. He could not estimate the cost of the scheme but thought it might run to £3 - 400,000. Subsequently, he sent us a copy of a letter signed by Barnett, which more or less confirms the above so far as his remuneration is concerned and in that he was told that he was \"required ..... to proceed with drawing up detailed estimates and plans for a compost factory\". (Letter No.23/641/50 of 19th June, 1951). This also ties up with Hong Kong Saving No.744 referred to above. We therefore put Brunt into touch with the Crown Agents, informed the Governor\n\nT.L. BOWRING, ESQ., O.B.E.,\n\nDIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS,\n\nHONG KONG,\n\n/in",
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