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        "title": "CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12]",
        "content_text": "62\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nCharitable laaits\n\n3.1.\n\nleads to the conclusiva that the expense\n\nIV—Provided always that all religious edifices, hospitals, jeme exempted from teries, and buildings strictly and exclusively appropriated tahari- of maintaining and extending it, if self- table purposes, and not being used as dwelling-houses, sall be imposed, would be less grudgingly paid, exempted from assessment under this Ordinance.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nNotice is hereby given, that the exclusive right of dealing in laun, Betel, and torment of col with the advice of the excentive Council, shall have powers apment. Betel Leaf, in the Colony of Hongkong, will be disposed of to the highest bidder at: Public Auction on the 20th day of June, at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police.\n\n[1]\n\nBy order,\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\n16\n\nProvisions for the\n\nJoctors,\n\nCollectors to malo\n\npoint such officer or officers as may be deemed requisite for te col- lection of the Rate leviable under this Ordinence, allowing in or them as remuneration for this service such a per Centage at the Governor in Council shall seem fit.\n\npaper the Report of a Trial on Appeal\n\nWe have extracted from an Edinburgh before the Louse of Lords, the subject being one of great importance to alt British colonists. The statule establish- ing dutics on legacies equaily affects England and Scotland, and the present decision settles the law, that such duties are not payable on\n\nAnd be it hereby enacted and ordained, that as soon afer the casual reters and first day of January in each year as may be founul practicale, the pablish officer collecting the assesstrent under this Ordinance shall gepare a detailed statement exhibiting the sums collected during de pre- ceding year, and the said statement, duly attested by the said ficer, shall be inserted in some newspaper published within this Clony, officer for one month from and after the date of its publicatio\n\nby a person re\n\nVI—And be it hereby enacted and ordained, that the saf rate such property being subject to the law of\n\nsiding in one of its possessions abroad- Quarterly in advance shall be payable quarterly in advance, unless otherwise prefribed the colony where the deceased\n\nand directed, as hereinberare mentioned, and that it shall be charged ciled. This judgment is not only impor was domi- and chargeable on the lands, dwelling-houses, and premises repect- ively assessed, at the time of such assessment.\n\nand shall also be open to general inspection at the office & such | England, if bequeathed invested in\n\nException as to\n\ncapted, or used\n\nFREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,\n\nColonial Secretary.\n\n憲。 告\n\nRate payalde\n\nT\n\n赴人在榔茲\n\n賣\n\n辦正等港\n\n此堂物等\n\n事衙於處\n\n者署五招\n\n特 THAA\n\n示 於投十包\n\n是如六質\n\n該要巡簍在\n\n署包理葉\n\n投\n\nB\n\n# B &\n\nexetorted.\n\nN\n\n一千八百四十五年五月 三 十\n\n日\n\n年四月\n\n二十六日\n\nFJ\n\ntant to British colunists, but may be\n\nΠΟΣ\n\nnot unwillingly substitute the following from a correspondent:-\n\nof benefit to England, by encouraging\n\nAnd be it hereby enacted and ordained that the omber of investments there. So important aid the property mat let, or any land, dwelling-house, or premises assessed, which may fot be\n\nlet to any tenant, shall be deered the occupier thereof. privided this question, that though neither he always, that if such owner can shew that the property las nt been the other low lords entertained any inhabited for a period of three months or upwards in any year, he doubt, it was submitted as an A. B ques- shall be entitled to a proportional abatement of assessment leted on the same for the said year.\n\ntion to the Judges, because, as the law\n\nAppeal against as\n\nwas to be stated definitively, for the\n\nVIII—Provided always, that if any person from whom payment British Islande, and for all its colonies, esten der pay- of the assessment leviable under this Ordinance may have been the Lords deemed it proper that the meo the\n\ndemanded, and who shall have already paid in the amount demanded decision should have all the weight of him, ohjects to the demand on any other ground than that of which the concurrent opinions of the valuation, it shall be competent to such person, after payment of Judges and of the Lords could give it.\" the amount demanded, to appeal against such demand to the Chief' Justice of the Supreme Court at such time and place as the said:\n\nWe had proposed to give a short critique\n\nChief Justice may be pleased to direct, or that if any person be dissa on the Concert of Thursday last, but tisfied, or objects to any valustion to be made under this Ordinance on the ground of over-valuation, he or they may, within the period of three calender months after such valuation, or when the said Chief: Justice may appoint or direct, appeal to him against such valuation, and that it shall be lawful for him, if he deem it advisable or neces- sary to have any three persons taken from the existing let of special jurors to assist him in ascertaining the question of value which may arise on\n\nDistricts may be\n\nIX—And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and n any such appeal. may be lawful for the said Governor, with the advice of the said Executive Council, to exempt such districts or portions of the said Island from the operation of this act, or from the payment of the said rates, as to him and them may seem advisable.\n\nX—And be it hereby enacted and ordained, that un asessment made under the authority of the Ordinance shall be impeached or affected by reason of any mistake in the name of any person liable to assessment, or of any thing chargeable with assessment, provided the directions of this Ordinance be in substance and effect complied with.\n\nclause.\n\nTriplomatic Department.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nHis Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade, &c. &c., is pleased to direct that the sunexed Circular to the address of Her Majesty's Consuls in China he published for general information.\n\nBy order,\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\nCIRCULAR No.\n\nADAM W. ELMSLIE.\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\nI have to acquaint you, that I have received the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty, conveyed through the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, sanctioning and confirming Ordinance No. 6 of 1844, intituled, An Ordinance to authorize the execation of the Process of the Supreme Court of Hongkong in certain Parts within the Dominions of the Emperor of China.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. F. DAVIS.\n\nTrue Copy:\n\nADAM W. ELMSLIE,\n\nTo Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at\n\nTisle.\n\nPreamble.\n\nClovernor to p\n\nIsland.\n\nHONGKONG,\n\nANNO OCTAVO, VICTORIE REGINE. No. 2 of 1845.\n\nBy His Excellency JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Esquie, Go- vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong jad its Dependencies, lur Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Sperin tendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the idvice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.\n\nAn Ordinance to raise an assessed Rate on Janda, houses, and premises, within the Colony of Hongkong, for the upholding of the requisite Police Force therein.\" WHEREAS it is deemed expedient and necessary that the Colony of Hongkong should defray the Expenses attendant on the upholding and maintaining the Police force thereof.\n\n--Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Governor of point haters of the Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof that lands. house it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor, with the mies within the advice of the Executive Council, from time to time to appoint two ar more persons for the purpose of estimating the annual vaide of the lands, houses, and premises within the said Island, or within any particular district thereof, which shall be in the tenure or occupation of any person or persons; and the said valuator or valuators shall, when thereunto required, make a retum in writing and on oath of such valuation to the said Governor and Coureff; and also at the time of having valued each property respectively, he proprietor thereal, a written Notification of their having made such or they shall leave or cause to be left with some inmate or the valuation, sod of the Amount thereof.\n\nIl—And be it further enacted and ordained that for the purposes of this Ordinance, the said Governor and Council may cause a new valuation to be made annually.\n\nILL--And\n\nValuation may be made anually.\n\nAssessment to he Trade on the d\n\nJyment, andromedy for nonpayment.\n\nbe\n\n|\n\nInterpretation\n\nAnd be it further enacted and ordained, that this Ordinaner shall come into operation and take effect, from and after the first day of Julf next ensuing.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hongkong this 93d day of May, 1845. ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY,\n\nClerk of Councila.\n\nJ. F. DAVIS, Governor, &c., &c.\n\nour present rulers every thing will be done with the utmost economy: but that does not affect the principle, against which we conter.d.\n\nThe right of the mercantile commu- pity to a voice in the Legislative Council has frequently been urged, not, we think, with much force of reason; for until the revenue of the colony is sufficient to pay its expenses, we do not ace that the in- habitants can claim representation as a right, and upon any other grounds it\n\nMessrs Fiebig and lavac's Concert took place according to announcement on Thurs day evening last, and the attendance was in very respect calculated so answer the ex pectoris of the originators, who well de Berve encouragement for their attempt to the ennuyés of Victoria. afford an evening's rational entertainment to deservedly applauded for his brilliant ex\n\nM. Rarac was eeution of the very difficulty picces allotted to him, sad met with an unanimous encore in the Caroival of Venice.\" His notes are remarkably clear and expressive, and by a himself of a few mannerisms, he might with little attention to his style, in order to divest study become a first rote performer on this most difficult of instruments. M. Fiebig was not so felicitous; his well known skill and tirely unworthy of his efforts. The \"Bella\" execution, were expended on a theme on- he dimittel. le proved himself to possess\n\na correct judgment and highly cultivated\n\ntaste, by the simple yet appropriate manner in which he accompanied M. Ravac, instead of displaying in mastery over the instrument by profuse ornament, at the expense of the melody itself, a fault too common among musicisms. The programme was a striking example of the lied taste which is unfortu Dately I too prevalent in the days with thrown aside for the modern Italian school, regard to music. The great masters are new The Messiah must give place to the Stabal Mater, and Iton Giovanni to Don Pasquale. Verily, Rossint, Donizetti, Belliei, Pacini, Auber, &o, ae but peor substitutes for Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Fiebig and Barac should favour the inhabi tots of Victoria with another Concert, or Gluck, Cimarosa, or Parsiella. If Messrs\n\neven a series of Concerts, and we think they have ample encouragement for so doing, what\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nHONGKONG, THURSDAY, 8TH JUNE, 1245. Is another part of to-day's paper will be found an important Ordinance by the Governor in Council for assessing the inhabitants with the expenses of the Police establishment. The advantages\n\nwhich the community derive from a well organized system of police are so self-evident, that a reason- able rate for its support is perhaps one of would be worse than useless. the few direct taxes that in civilized the case is different with municipal of his great countryman the composer of countries are submitted to without affairs. Here, it is proposed that the Fidelio, or M. Ravac delighting his auditors de tot anticipate whole charge of upholding the police or Vietti; and, if the prevailing taste is so that even those who, like ourselves, should be defrayed by the inhabitants, strongly expressed in favour of modera with the touching compositions of Corelli maiorain that it is a mistake\" policy who thereby, we conceive, establish a music, let us have it good at least, something to overburden the youthful energies of just claim to avail themselves of the con- by Spohr, Cherubini, Mendelssolu, er the colony with taxation, will find much stitutional right of British subjects to be Beyerbeer, for instance. to complain of in being called upon consulted both as to the levying and dis- to contribute their quota for uphollingposal of the fund. In London, though\n\nmormer; and WH\n\na treat it would be for a true lover of nute to hear M. Fisbig displaying his taste nad But exception on some of the majestic sinfonias\n\nPEKING GAZETTE.\n\nhridegroom was\n\nthat\n\nthe force requisite for the protection, nearly one-fourth of the expenses of the health, and comfort of the community. police establishment is paid out of the Con-rial Princess with one of the Mangal chieft THE COURT—The marriage of an Imps- amble of the Ordinance, we conocive to watch over the interests of the rate But though we thus concur in the pre-solidated Fund, there are commissioners has given rise to not a little trouble. The that its enacting clauses are objectionable peyers; and in Edinburgh and (ilasgow, riage celebrated without delay, and he mast defining the power and jurisdiction of the assessment on the inhabitants, they at- to the customary rule, directed that astronu- on two grounds, First, not clearly where the whole amount is raised by an\n\nan early day should be fixed for the core. police, a term of wide signification, and Dually elect representatives,\n\nmony. The Emperor, however, according which in the three United Kingdoms to the sale power of determining the per Board, to ascertain when the heavens would\n\nwho have made to include very different classes of centage, as well as its appropriation. be propitions for the celebration of the nup mical observations should be made by the functions. The Ordinance does not in- These Commissioners have, properly, tials. Unfortunately the members of the for us whether this preventive branch judicial functions; but except that the Board ware not mautious in reading the of justice is to be rendered so efficient in appointment of Superintendent is lodged agus of the stars, and after a great many Hongkong as to supersede the necessity in other hands, they are onnipotent calculations, drawing of horoscopes, and con- for the individual tax which the inhabi as regards the extent and remunera tants have hitherto been compelled totion of the force, as well as in all that persofthe day, they fixed on the 23d April at submit to in maintaining private watch relates to lighting, cleansing, removal\n\nthree o'clock in the morning as the most tion is the more pointedly directed by arrangements of the fire brigade. And at that hour. This is said to be the earliest men--a circumstance to which our atten- of nuisances and obstructions, and the able for that ceremony. The Royal pair joined in drinking from the nuptial cup the intimation from the Chief Magistrate we which appeared in the Cuts MALL only Geomy, these matters are nowhere the celestial empire,\n\nbelieve that in efficiency and hoar at which a marriage has taken place in better managed out of London, if indeed The King of Korea has again asked the the metropolis is an exception. tants who might consider them worth $10\n\nEmperor to sanction is marriage with one a-month. It seems necessary to under-there aced be no fear about the sua patent for that pa pose. The Emperor Were such a plan adopted in Hongkong, of the damsels of the Court, and to grant but stand whether we are to have a police ciency of the supplies, and we should look have hitherto been carried by a body of so generally effective as to supersede the confidently to a gradually improved sys Mandarins deputed by the Emperor for has acceded to his requeat. Such documents\n\na fortnight ago, tendering the services of\n\na night constahle to any of the inhabi-\n\nsultatious with the most celebrate! philosu-\n\nThis will add\n\nit further enacted and ordained, that for the purpose valiation and provi. of levying the said rate, a per Centage at such an amount in the sic:t for periods of hundred as muy annually be determined on by the Governor with the payment, notice of advice of the Executive Council, not exceeding such a sum as sball assessment, period of be equal to the expenses of the Palice establishment, shall be as- necessity for private watchmen, or if, betem from the suggestions of a body of that purpose, but on the present occasion a sessed and paid in respect of every such valuation by the occapier sides this heavy tax, we are to be called judicious and interested commissioners, single civilian only has been despatched or owner of cach parcel of ground, house, or building, within such upon to contribute to the support of a Protection of life and property, sanatory with it to the Prince. time and times as the said Governor, with the advice of the said Council, shall direct, or as is hereinafter provided. In the absence of auch direction and in default of the same being so paid, it shall be Jawful for any person or persons oppainted to collect the suid tax to apply to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the Island, who shall, on satisfactory proof of the same having been duly demanded and being due and\n\nJunsatisfied,\n\ngrant his Warrant to levy the same by distress of any goods on or in the lands, houses, or premises so rated; and that any such\n\nrate, while unpaid, shall be a lien on the property so assessed, or charged therewith, Provided always that when and so often as any assessment shall be made on any such valuation, the particulars and nature of such assessment shall be published in one or more public newspapers of the said Colony.\n\nforee, which, from the intimation alluded regulations, and whatever tends to the another Queen to the numerous Ilarem to, it may be inferred the authorities do comfort and convenience of the public, of bis Royal Highness. not consider to be entirely efficient. are matters of imperative necessity, Tau Lord Mayor of Puking reported, that The other objection we have to the acknowledged by every friend to public beavy showers of snow had fallen in the measure is that the inhabitants are not safety and good order; and the adminis-, during the beginning of March; and allowed a voice in fixing the rate, or tration of the law for securing these ends be looked for, he suggests that a day of public as a good wheat harvest might accordingly io determining the modo in which it is to be applied no other limit being pro- those of the community who are to enjoy Emperor has received his suggestion favour\n\ncan never be placed in better hands than thanksgiving should be appointed. The posed than what may seem to the Co-the benefits, and who are caliel upon to ally. vernor, with the advice of the Executive contribute the means of securing then, Council, sufficient for upholding or main- Without forgetting or under-vaining the taining any extent of force that may he salutary efforts of our rulers to provide an appointed. We have no doubt that with organized protective force, experience\n\nSome Mandarins, of high rank, arrived\n\nfrom Kwang-tung and Yan-an, whose baggage consisted of no less than one thou- ordinary quantity, they were interrogated sand packages. This being rather an\n\nBA-\n\nas to the contents, and the reply that they contained letters and despatelies for the tribunals, no being satisfactory, they were ordered to he opened and inspected. Ten were found to contain documents, but the contents of the remaining 990 have not been made public.\n\nP\n\nOn releasing the Petit Jary from their long and fatiguing labours the fan. Recorde complimented them on the zeal and jade ment which they had displayed, and his Honour stated, that he coincided in every verdict they had given.\n\nlfonso of Lorda, February 17. THOMSON LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nSITTING OF THE SCPI Colar, 2 June, 1945,\n\ndesired to name a son, he named 105 dollars,\n\n63\n\nA difter-\n\nstating the Admiral's desire to pay any c FOREIGN Goops with a Britist Chance- munendon for the services of the vossal\n\nT—During the past year numerous in- which Matheson might think G and stonees have occurred of goods buying bren (From the Hongkong Register] This was a writ of error against a judg\n\nA Special Jury was empanneled for thre meat of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland trial of an action raised as the instance of the manensient, but expressed his willingness to\n\nreason. Mr Matheann refused any ve brought to this country for home use or ex- The facts of the case are those John\n\nportation to foreign puits, with labek attach- Grant, a person born in Scotland, but who Crown against the Editor of the Friend of acccptacy couneration on the part of the ed, giving, or purporting to give thean, a had left that cuantry sad become domiciled: Ching, for the publication of the following\n\ncrew might think proper. When desired British character in a foreign market s in Demerara, died in that colony, in the\n\nto name a sum, be said, the Admiral may this, if allowed, would be highly detrimental Article in his 'isue of the 13th July last, Treasurer Tang-ting-ching, the late Gover-year 1887. He had acquired considerate, which was alleged to contain a libel against think very different from us and being to the British manufacturer, the goods have nor of Canton, and who will probably property while in Demerara, and had trans- Sir Thomas Cochrane:-\n\nin every instance been detained by the Reve- reesive the first van Governorship, osmitted saare portion of it to Scotland, at It will be in the all-rtion of many of our The letter M Me Matheson stated that the me officers, as being impuited contrary to recommended his inferiur officers, whe no- the time of his death, a banking house there Loaders, that Her Majesty's ship Wolf, got on a schooner had been detained 18 hours in conve the provisions of the act in that regard; the terially assisted bin in clearing large trace held property of his to the amount of\n\nbank somewhere below Woosneg, and has for the quence of the service rendered to the Wolf only relief given having been that the goods of land in Kan-sub, to the notite of govera- £18,000. Probate of his will was taken timely aid of the Schooner Fetes, Capt. Caer, sier Goddard in addressing the Jury for Mr have been allowed to be returned to the purt ment, as worthy of promotion.\n\nont in Scotland, by tho present appellant, as\n\nwould have been obliged to acrifice he cons and Carr, ill be felt eansiderable difficulty of shipment, the labels or other mode of in shot before she curld here'got n The Wolf took appearing before them in such circumstances.fringement having been firstromovel. These bis executor, and payment of the money due\n\nthe bank at high water, mud and not possibly have Mr Cur bad been accused of publishing a labels have usually contained the Royal arms having boea brained, in was transmitted to It is with touch regret we learn, from a\n\nbocu fiased again, without grandly reducing the dead hel, \"toulously, winkedly, and malicious of Enghel, will the name, in English, of Demerara. The law officers of the Crown weight on board. Then fast descried by the Fern, y\" Mr Carr, he believed, knew very little the importer in London, or other place in lang memorial of Lea, Governor-Genersi of\n\nclaimed from the executor the son of £1800 ahr, the Way had a sign.d of distress lying, ani Che-eang and Fo-keen, that the rise arup as legacy duty duo from him in respect of there can be no doubt that, hack it came in to be high and in these seas Sir Thomas, except on a person holding a the United Kingdom, ss the case may be, the in Pormasa hoe failed, also that the Granary the property of the testator existing in Scot- whilst she was lying in a mitical position, she\n\nname and description of the contents bring is now exhausted, and that the price of grain Lad. The case went before the Court of\n\nwand ham gore bo pres. The Pinot Pan niongailia, however, in this case did not act as a judge, also given in the English language, evidently is daily rising in Fo-keen. Leu has ardered Exchequer in Scotland, where Ford Gillies and took out all ver artament, 15 send 41,42 th. The ly Judge of Admiralty here is the intending to envey the impression in a extensive purchases to be made in Che-keang delivered a judgment declaring that the\n\nshot, and it was net wat relieved of this weight clut | Lord Chief Justice. Neither does he accuse foreign market that the goods were of British and other places, and wishes that the public legary duty as payable in the manner de ser altercaties fabu to the her guns overhard, either in his publie or his private character, time since of a parcel of esses containing se again loated; without this since she had no bin ofhay rbing eriminal, or of an offence mamifacture. An instance occurred a short granaries should be opened.\n\nmanded. The prosent writ of error was then brought. The ease bad been argued vage, and before any Adiralty socte sum\n\nor go to pisees on the ink. This is a clear case of which implied guilt. He never acted him paper for letter-writing being brought for of coruption. He only accuses him that he CANTON—Rumour states that the light two years ago, and now came on again for awarded the Foren for for aid would be siderable.\n\nexportation, etch sheet of paper having thos was not so bieral as he ought to be, A\n\nword Barle\" primed in the usual manner at ning struck the palace of Lieutenant-Gver. argument by one counsel on a side.\n\nAt the time the affair occurred, tar Admisal Sir Me Kelly, on the part of the appellant\n\ncriminal libel has been filed against Mr Carr, the left hand corner, and the packages them- nor [wang, and damaged, bis snutf-box. Themas Duebrang was at Chusni, when it arced. In consegnace of the way the accusation selves containing the paper the Brilish aras This, it is said, has made so strong an impres¦ (Mr Anderson was with him,) fosisted that between him are the Cipam of the Vares, that the has been brought, he was pot to great ex- einblazoned thereon. They were, of course, sion upon the grandee, that he has since been the legacy duty was not payable here. The question: of compensation atould be lett open ancil duty was demanded under 36 Geo. III, c. wrapt in deep thought and revery.\n\nSir 1 homas Cochrane avtored to this enlony. Altor penser, as the frown pays on costs; and if immediately detained, and application WAY he seeds, as I aux sure he will, he will made for permission to retard them to the 152, sec. 2, which enacted, that all legacies Thonan return, the cwners generaly waived\n\nabove the amount of £20, given by any will\n\nall claims fre salvage, marely requesting the Rear rill here to pay all his own expenses. Be port of shipment, but the intention in this (From the Singapore Free Press, 1st May.) or testamentary instrumcat, shoald pay le-\n\nAdmiral to remouense the Captain and eve for their sides the case has been deferred from time instance being so evident, the goods wer The Criminal Sessions were finished on gacy duty. Fe submitted that thang those elite similar te their own, Sir Thomas Cachane on long ago. Fir Thomas might have put ed, which was accordingly done,\n\ntrouble, never doubling then retunded by a spirit to time, whereas it might have been brought ordered to be seized and the parties prosecut Saturday Jast, the 28th ult. having lasted words were of the most extensive and gene rash hudumaly reward de vore of Fist himself into the witnesa box, and so might ence is made where the name and inscription four weeks, 18 persons were discharged on ral kind, the aut did not apply out of Great Majesty's slig. In doing thy they committed a Mr Waller, and thee we should have had an on the label is in the French or other foreign Saturday, no witnesses coming forward Britain. The aut could not extend even to\n\ncapital cere, to who justice and magnanimity opportunity of seeing what was right and language, although the British armus may be against them. No blame attaches to the our colonies, without some word expressly ey had entrusted the liquidatio of the cases what was wrong, or at least we should have Police in this instance, as the parties had including them, and there were no anche Captain and are of the Kareemid not fi\n\nengraved thereon, it being considered that words here. That being the case, the gene print much ganeanu facdage, and taking advantage\n\nhad an opportunity to cross-examine them, the act is not thereby infringed in const- been regularly bound over to appear nord\n\nquence. Timca. give evidence. In some cases there is leral rule of law applied that the personal pro- of the antideles is displast, he offered to award and of proving that Mr Matheson was not informed of the facts. Mr Bradshaw, the doubt that bribery has been resorted to inperty followed the fair of the domicile of its all $10, in the proportion of $4 for the quain\n\nfirst officer of the Fire, was on beard when I\n\nTHE HOPELESS SESSION. order to keep back evidenco. In van oase, a owner, and consequently as the domicile of $20 Ckiy Oficer; $16 Gunnar; $1 each for the Crew- charge of murder, the widow of the murder the testator here was Demerara, the low of take advantage of us Iter &iral's meannes, ant dewee was tatran in this court before a Com\n\nWe need actualy gette tha: Catón Carr would not the Wulf hoisted sigands of distress: his evi-\n\nWhat change has come over the public ed person, though she had appeared before that place unst govern the administration of\n\nwithin these few years Where be all the in is instance Her Majesty's ship has got off missioner. Mr Carr did not ferret out the the Grand Jury, was not to be found when his assets. Prubate but necessarily been fie fad the Fizen been the party cunt talon out in Scotland, because the Bankers\n\neager conjectures regarding the grent mea cireunastanees; \"hey were brought to him by the case came on for trial.\n\nwan in expardy unit the readers a Captain Carr, who complained of the waut Parliament aas supposed to lie pregnant? sares with which to coming session of who were the debtors had not honestly paid aquistanes, we would have had the matter certleil 1\n\nof liberality. F. M's Ships are generally People do not even take the treble to fore had been paid, but the claim here was what was due, and the probate duty there a very different mumer. Sie Thores mental op-\n\nvalued at £1000 per gan-the Wolf has 18 So which at times appear scleri -wor for legacy duty, which was clearly not pay\n\nguess what may be coming. Suficient for guns, nod may, therefore he vained at able As a very strong instance of the mis\n\nLeco fally opened to the importance of the service,\n\nThe day is the evil thereof. They will see and if such a question were left to his award, wo har 18,000, and for saving her 100 dollars are\n\nthe debates when they begin. Public emio- chief that would arise if the doctrine now\n\nIf Sir Thomas close to take ou nat the slightest doubt that the which awardedi. contended for by the Crowe could be sup\n\nsufficient for the 'em, would hure aweled bits himself the office of fixing the reward, be it is as languil is the opening of St A Chinese was executed on Monday week ported, it was only necessary to mention this\n\nchongauls for the War. We regret exeedingly to\n\nought to have exercised the strictest care to Stephen's as it has long been at the opening for murder. He taule a long speech when case, Suppose an Englishman resident They injure the dignity of the series not a litte: Carr, hearing that Sir Thomas was about to\n\nnatice such a crtions is the me now mantined. make himself acquainted with the facts. Mr of the patent theaires, No new pieces are the scaffold, protesting is innocence, abroad, or a foreigner traded with a person\n\nronounced as in preparation. Somo leading danouncing the witnesses against biu for in England, and at the death of the former a\n\nand alcough no thinking man would jrdys unferour-\n\nactors have cutired, and no onw ones ara commener an action against him, made every advertised. Nobody asks wht is to succeel perjury and threatening to beat them bill of exchange accnpted by the person io\n\nably of those whose merits Eater zee: so often tested, enquiry, in order that if he had done wrong. Lol Stanley in the Tybalt line, or Mr in conacquence of the lile minded actions of their afer his death. He acquitted the Judge this conmry was ranning, no parment of peat Chief, we are bound to acolodge, that to\n\nbe might rearess it by making an ample adstone in the heasy tragedy. There are and fury of all blame, as they had only acted that bill of exclange could be made without\n\napology but the more he did enqore, the to be rehearsals on Monday at Sir Robert the thoughtless and ipsmant, such tr.les uvey an according to the evidence, and be declared a deduction from the legacy duty. No one unfavourable, though file impression of the nasal stronger be found the facts. To costine Peri's (in full dress) and the Dake of Well- that in order to remove all cars from the cook pretend that a rale so mischievous to chare. Si Theme Cochrane, if we recoller Jibel it most the show that the party is Judge's mind, he, the prisoner, would bang commerce could exist, and the Hanse must, right, has been a candidate for parliamentary hưn charged with something that is criminal.ington's but the maies of the pinses in himself and he accordingly placed his head in therefore, act on the Authorities already des\n\npar: once, at least, he stood for a seaport, Mr Bradshaw's evidence is to this effect has invited his friends to be early in their\n\npreparation are not asked. the balter. He was very collected, and took cided, which had settled that the law of the\n\nthe pret buffetini inhalants of which are slip The Wolf was in great distress, firing gutus, attendances but the Opposition Fader a polite leave of those near him by bowing place where the testator died nust goverato distinguish himself in the nature of his country dwares; should the gallant Adunai ever again sek\n\nand baving her ensign with the Uniou down, ems to dust whether it is worth the to them, and at last, shaking hands with the the adutinistration of his personal property.\n\nThe Fire stood in and sent her boat to the while of his friends to we trust the affair we matrate will be prestained off to offer assistance. The Fixes had a 'Comeli whether it is worth tas while ot come, and Mr exceptioner, was launched off.\n\nThe Solicitor-General (with whom was bit the hastings, as we ate afrail would shin large pantity of specie on board. She re- bis to stay away. The Three Mays convinted of the rauder Me Crompton) did not deny the existence of in the eyes of any consergy intarestol in the\n\nThe tradesmen evince ceived 16 guns and 500 shut, and he consime animation in farbisting up the Houses, of Captain RBIsos of the Bluck twt, were some general rule as to the law of domicile, mesutile -hipping of Geet Britain.\" executed on Saturday last, and acknowledged but cuntended that it had nothing to do with\n\ndered the Voit would have been in extreme The following were the Jurymen on the\n\nand the grooms in exercising the cream- their guilt.\n\na case like the present. The principle of case,Thos. Jones, Esq., Duacan Flether, danger bl a gale come out. law that raust govern this case was, that Es, Angus Fletcher, Bay. F. T. Bush, Esq. aliona tendency to prevent others from giving pervade th actors and spectatus. Never coloured horses of the state-carriage; int TheJulge here asked, \"had not this public with these exceptions, apathy and langu where the property was balaistered the J. Leffler, Esq. and George Findlay, Esq. TRULY SEAMAN-LIKE CONDUCT. Captain legacy duty must be paid. If there had beeu The attorney-fineral in opening the case chassistance?—Mr Goddard said he thought before it the public appear to expect so Captain Caldwell, fate of the ship Durchester, of a specifs appropriation of the property in stated that this was an information on the ! \"xpressly the reverse, as it showedsuch per- little from a session will it be possible to Boston, tas pebliched the following amount: Sotland, this rule would not have applied, part of the Queen, to defend the character\n\nsous their age would be taken up by the press disappoint that little? Our faith in the Mr Bradshaw's videuce was then read. disappointing powers of Parliament is great. Captain Brition, of the Rochester, fell ja | but there was no appropriation The money of Sir Thomas Cochrane, who had awarded with the Dorchester at sea, a pertent Greek, recoveral there formed part of the general a sum of 100 dollars for services rendered and at great hazard rescued her officers, crew, assets, and was therefore liable to the lagney by the Fire to the off, as the fall salvage\n\nto an anchor near her. She had 144,000 severely trial-Sperlotur. and passengers from an untimely fate. duty. He contended that all the cases which claimed that Mr Car, well knowing the Caphan Caldwell says, \"The Rochester was bad been dated on this subject did not premises, took the occasion to vilify the stroring a course which would bare carried touch the subject of duncile, but related Commander-in-Chief as having acted aritra her about three miles north of us. The mo❘ wholly to that of the appropriation artit that when services were rendered to H. M. Barisfied with the award—He thinks the ons example of official economy. A crea-\n\nor non- rily, haughtily, and unjustly, and to state\n\nLouis Philippe's Ministers have get a tort- ment the wreck was seen, the course of the appropriation of the property, The Rochestor was altered for one directly for us. gentleman farther contended, that where a Ships, no adequate reward would be paid, remuneration illiberal, and injurious to other tion of Peers was intended, and the names of At that time,\" said Captain Britton to one party acted in the discharge of dutios of To this charge Mr Care at Girst pleaded vessels requiring assistance—Thorew help the Pencs were almost authoratively an afterwards, I had no idea that there could administration to a deceased person, the Not Guilty, but to-day he has added as a to take the guns, &c., on board—Witness nounced. Thone persons, of course, would be a living being on board of her; but I legacy daty is payable in respect of the money farther plea, that all he had stated was true, did so, and was powell in consequence—The be bound to Ministers for the coming session; have made it au invariable rate through life, he received and dealt with in that charseter, and published for the benefit of the pallie acevant in the Friend of China was not enig but what a waste of the coin of Court fa whenever I see a wreck, to get as near her The Lord Chancellor put the following Hy was aware that whenever there was angered The Fizen was detained 24 hours- vour! Ministers take second thought, and A. Matheson, Esq., being called as a vit postpone their creation until after the dis- as possible, and ascertain all I can about her, questions to the Judges:A B., a British Fattempt to check such objectionable publica- and make sure that there is nobody aliva on subject, born in England, resided in a Bri- tions, there was raised an outery that it was\n\nnews and sworn, deposed, that the Fizm be-\n\ncussion on their whole policy in the Cham- board before I leave her. We supposed, hetish colony, made his will, and died domiciled for the purpose of curbing the fibres and the chip of Jardine, Matheson, & .. hers. This is the true economy: every sup\n\nawarded nothing to the Crew continued, it was some timbership which there. At the time of his death debts were Press. The Government bero had no wish\n\nporner will wat himself down for a peerage, Secretary of Sir Thomas Cochrane called and each one prize will attract many gamblers had been drifting about here for months;awing to him in England; his executor in to do so.--an ollicer discharging the high and wished him to do so—the Viren bad for it. As if to show practically that the but resolving that I would adhere to my rule, England collected these debts, and out of duty of Admiral, and in this case acting as a I altered my course, although we all thought the money he collected paid legacies to cars\n\nJudge of the Admiralty, is complained of it useless at the time. Thus, by following tain legatees in England are such legacies a partial statement of the frots is brought the service rendered by hue was very made one sample Peer—M. Jaubert, an Op. this noble rule, Captain Britton was the able to the payment of the legacy daty? forward; for if the whole facts had been slight, and the crew were not employed at positionist. Spectator.\n\nAll—Captati Care was not satisfied with the mexas, in the hauds of God, of saving the He had fransed the question in this general stated. Sir Thomans Cochrane would have\n\nAdmiral's award, but did not ask witness's lives of 45 human beings, and in the circle of form, beranse the statute equally affected suffered no damage. A persoa in such vir-\n\nadvice as the course he ought to punue their friends and acquaintance, of making the England and Scotland,\n\ncumstances ought not to be so negligent as hearts of hundreds sing for joy. Captain The Judges requested short time to to pablish partial statements. The Admiral he is the assistance he gave was very im- portaut—Mr Waller did not make his state- Britton received me on board \"his ship with consider their answer. They retired for is charged with gross partiality and verup-\n\nment a upoo bis own knowledge, but na a welcome and a shake of the hand which this purpose, and at the end of about half an tion as a judge. You\" (the Jury) will not\n\nwhat he noderstood--Witness thinks that ac went to the heart, and spoke at once the sea- hour returned, when\n\nfail to perceive the motive on the face of the man and the gentleman. So long as memory Lord Chief Justice Tindal read their article.\n\ncording to Captain Carr's statement of the ser Will you ever believe chat Sir\n\nvices reutered, 100 Dollars was ootanfficient, retains her seat, I shall not forget his kind- answer, to the effect that, though the words Thomas was influenced by such motives, and ness. Taking me into his cabin, Consider,' of the statute could not apply everywhere, that this was published for the beaclit of the\n\nCross-examined by the Attorney-General said he, everything here at your service, the principle which ran through all the le public, and not to gratify some private feeling saw nothing on the part of Sir Thomas or Here are my clothes, use as many of them asided case was, that the domicile of the de- against him? It may produce the most\n\nMr Waller to lead him to believe they wished you need. And such was his treatment of ceased party gave the law which regulated prejudicial effoot for if this article is ciroz\n\nto retreat from their offer to give a proper us votil we arrived at New York, and then, the distribution of the personal property; lated among the mercantile wavy here, should remuneration. When asked to manie a sunt, witness said high Government officers were said he, Here is my purse at your service this ride was not affected by the situs of the another of Her Majesty's Ships got inte\n\nften stingy, and he believed Sir Thomas was for what moung you need? flow different personal property itself, or by the place tu similar circumstances, it would deter them the result, and how diferent must be the fee which the administrator received that pras from residering their services. I have au particular trouble. ings of Captain Britton from what they porty, and that, consequently, the law appli- thing to say against the serving rendered by\n\nThe Attorney-General said that Sie Thomas was of necessity discharging an office of high wonid have been, if he bad passed by and re-cable to this case was the law of the colony the Vire taking out guts, shat, &n. ported, Lat. 50 N., long. 20 W, saw a ship, where the deceased was domiciled at the This, I admit, it was a clear caso of salvage, Ministerial duty, se at that time there was no Totally dismasted, sea, making a complete time of his death, and was not the law of Sir Thomas bad to wish to deny this. Te Court of Admiralty here, breach over her: weather equally, and im England, consequently that the legacy daty said to his Secretary, Mr Waller, I know The Judge, in susuming up the case, said ing on night; could ascertain nothing further was not payable here.\n\nnothing of this case you will call on Methe bel was divided into two parts first a that the Lord had sent at thers to marry her, abour ber. Such are too often the reports, The Lord Chancellor expressed his fall Matheson and learn what be claims.\" Mrtement of facts, and secondly a commen! Betty, without much hesitation, replied,The but I hope we shall see no more of them. coneurrence with this opinion, and went Waller did call, and Mr Mathieson very tary on these facts. The first was passed Lord's will be done.\" Edinburgh Evening Courant.\n\ninto a very exact examination of the cases liberally refused to receive anything. Mr over. It was for the Jury to judge if there\n\nThe Premier\n\nThe Fixes was ordered by the Wolf to conte but on the present vesion they will be Tarls of silver on hoard. Thinks it was in\n\nsequence of the relief afforded by her that\n\nthe Wolf got off. Two vessels bave sincr bero wrecked there. The crew were all dis-\n\nHOW TO MAKE A PEERAGE GO VURTHEST,\n\nnot then returned to Hongkong Me Waller competition is open to all, Ministers have\n\nAN AMRICAN CONE AND 19 Swann, A Colonel of the Chised Sanes Army having rofused to obey the esmuunds of his superior cfficer, with sentenced by the courbeartial in↔ be deprised ní his sword for one month.\" On his weapon being demanded of her, he aroes, and in the mud gale and solema amer declared, that he didn't own one: that the sword be had been accustomed to wear Giln't being to him; but he had no dobi Mr Baker, the jeweller, f whow be hired it B waining days, would int it to the Court for the re quired mouth on the most reasonable terras 1\n\n'rovidence Guzeite\n\nFace ResigNA CON,-Deacon Mavis of Lyne Crevicu, Farge alludder and exemplary man, was exceedingly cocentre in some of his noticus. His courtship is in sus, was as follows:-aving The any pointed his horse, with only a nap-ssin fer a sad, be rede in front of the hause wherea Betty Lec lived, and, without dismounting, reguesial\n\nJetty to come to linn; on her eing, he told her\n\nyu this subject, which, he said, completely. Waller natted what compensation would be was a necessity first to publish these facts; AN EYE TO THE FUTURE—At a meeting, von justified the opinions of the learned Judges enough for the crew of the Vixen. Mr secondly was it necessary to publish this red by the friends of Clay, held in Woodstock, All sorts of people are plunging into the He begged to add, that the reasons why the Matheson said about 105 dollars, to which cotourstory. Had Mr Carr rested with a Vend, e ele oratore grew arazingly exontent, frightful whirlpool of railway speculation.Judges had been summoned to give the Mr Waller answered, say in round numbers statement of facts, it is probable you exchiring, ever heard of a woulan's warning Bankers and merchants, barristers and baber-House their resistance in this case was, tint 100 dollars. Mr Care puts an imaginary would not have been troubled with this paper sun after Jana K. Polk P\" and den pude a dashers, bankers' clerks and doctors of divi- as the law was to be stated definitively for case to injure Sir Thomas. Ho says, bail secution. Sir Thomas was not likely to have sig diffene pause, if inviting an awwer. nity, Members of Parliament and keepers of the British islands and for all our colonies, the Vixeu been the party that was in jeopac brought an autiou, and he was sure his friend did exclaims a fair decorat in the cred, win gambling-houses, old oren and young lads, the Lords had deemed it proper that the de dy,\" &. The last paragraph could only be the Attorney-General would not have taken hd boy married about six months proves, Bat married women who desire to have a good cision abould have all the weight which the pennet by some person who had a personal up such a case. But this was not the sting have en tha! intends to.\" speculation on their own account, and spin-concurrent opinions of the Judges and of spleen against the admiral. If any of you of the libel. It is for you to say whether Sir sters who think that an addition to their their Lordships could give it. He moved had been called on to act as arbiter, and ia: Thomas is charged with corruption, and if soị\n\nMas Lova, Harmony House, Concord, near fortune might give them an opportunity of that the judgment should be given for the consequence of your award had been accused it is a huel. To order that words may con- Kusing Pains,” is the adureas of a school stress in sharing it with another-all, all are rushing plaintiff in error.\n\nNew South Wales. of corruption, you would feel what damages stitute a libel, they must charge a man with on in the same course-dying after the wheel\n\nLord Brougham and Lord Campbell save ought to be given in the present case. The something criminal: but in writing whatever of fortune, which for the present is laden at rally expressed their concurrence with the affidavit of Me Walle, which will be read to, tends to bring a man into contempt is a libel. every spoke with the shares of some railway motion of the noble and leverned. Lord. you, states, that he wrote to Mr Malevon The Jury, after a short consultation, res company—Morning Post.\n\nby the direction of Sir Thomas, a letter torneil à verdict of not guilty.\"\n\nJudgment for the plaintiff is error.\n\nFon—Never tell a mun he's a frol. In the Grat place he won't believe you; in the next beŋl be sure i think you one jou buying 10,",
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        "content_text": "## PORTARIA\n\n11643 \n\n133 \n\nin the enclosed Rules, because I believe his intention is to put an end to every improper practice hitherto attaching to Macao Immigration. I have the \n\nLeft 30/68. \n\nhonor to be. \n\nMy Lord Duke, \n\nyour Grace's most obedient, humble Servant, \n\nContend Hennes Madamell \n\nGovernor. \n\nSin F Rogers the relegent \n\nI conclude for wish there \n\nthe La E. Wow. \n\nMeie Rules & Conspration \n\nfrom Macos!! \n\npost p \n\natoru \n\n選 \n\nAnear ! \n\nSD iP \n\n12257 host/b8 \n\nN.° 20 \n\n**O GOVERNADOR** da Provincia de Macau e Timor, determina o seguinte: \n\nConsiderando na necessidade de obviar com regulamentos amiudados aos abusos que se manifestam successivamente na emigração chinesa-abusos cujo principio reside principalmente fora dos limites da jurisdicção d'esta colonia portuguesa, e a que portanto ao é possivel occorrer quando a sua influencia prejudica a interferencia benefica exercida por este governo no processo dos engajamentos; \n\nConsiderando que algumas disposições dos ultimos regulamentos da emigração chinesa, se bem que determinadas pela necessidade de repressão de abusos que então se davam, são hoje na prática superfluas, e até em alguns resultados menos convenientes, visto na demora, não poucas vezes excessiva, dos navios fundeados no porto, com emigrantes a bordo; \n\nConsiderando outro sim na utilidade juridica de expressamente se comminar as penas que devem corresponder a cada transgressão, e a cada delicto, pois de tal modo se admoesta quem intenta o mal e se auxilia quem o deva julgar; \n\nTendo ouvido o Conselho do governo, a Commissão nomeada pela portaria de 2 de abril do corrente anno, e as informações de Procurador dos Negocios Sinicos da Colonia, e do Superintendente da emigração chinesa; \n\nHei por conveniente ordenar o que se segue: \n\n### ARTIGO 1.° \nOs agentes da emigração poderão obter licença para abrir mais de um estabelecimento, quando provem ter de contratar numero avultado de emigrantes. \n\n1.° Ao governo compete determinar o numero de estabelecimentos permitido a cada agente, em proporção com o numero de emigrantes que o mesmo agente pretender contratar.\n\n2.° A mesma gratificação receberá todo aquelle cidadão que denunciar as contravenções dos regulamentos, logo que se jam provadas.\n\n### ARTIGO 11. \n\n### ARTIGO 20. \nNo quarto dia, em acto igualmente publico, precedendo nova leitura e expune, se procederá á assignatura dos contratos de cada um dos emigrantes successivamente. Os contratos serão em duplicado, conforme se acha estabelecido, sendo um entregue ao agente e outro ao emigrante.\n\n### ARTIGO 21. \nNão poderá infligir-se aos emigrantes, nos estabelecimentos, punição alguma corporal; e todo o emigrante que praticar determinados delictos se logo remettido á Procuratura dos Negocios Sinicos, e por esse Tribunal castigado na conformidade das leis e regulamentos em vigor.\n\n| Artigo | Descrição |\n| --- | --- |\n| ARTIGO 29 | Os estabelecimentos deverão ter as condições de espaço e aceio que se acham determinadas, e além d'isto alojamentos separados para as mulheres e familias que tambem pretendam emigrar. |\n\n### ARTIGO 29. \nA policia pagará, pelos estabelecimentos, a subvenção que se acha determinada.\n\n### ARTIGO 3.° \nNão é permittido reunir emigrantes em \"crulas,\" ou em qualquer casa não licenciada como estabelecimento. \n1.° Descoberta qualquer contravenção deste artigo, não só os que tiverem n'ella interesse & responsabilidade serão punidos com a multa de 100 a 500 patacas, segundo as circumstancias, e, no caso de reincidencia, com tres a seis meses de prisão e multa correspondente.\n\n### ARTIGO 3.° \nOs agentes da emigração deverão juntar ao pedido da licença para abertura dos estabelecimentos uma declaração dos nomes dos encarregados d'esses estabelecimentos e os contractos que tenham feito com os mesmos encarregados.\n\n### ARTIGO 4.° \nOs encarregados dos estabelecimentos prestarão na Superintendencia uma fiança de $1.000, serão responsaveis pelas transgressões ou abusos que se praticarem nos mesmos estabelecimentos. \n1.° Pelas transgressões dos regulamentos os encarregados serão punidos com uma multa graduada conforme as circumstancias desde 50 patacas até a totalidade da fiança.\n\n### ARTIGO 5.° \nQualquer encarregado, ou contractador, ou qualquer corretor, que, achando-se sendo obrigado a um contracto, aceitar ordem com um novo agente, incorrerá em multa de 100 a 500 patacas.\n\n### ARTIGO 6.° \nQualquer encarregado, ou contractador, ou qualquer corretor, que scientemente alliciar ou receber emigrantes justos pelos corretores ou encarregados ou contractadores de outros agentes, incorrerá em multa de 50 a 200 patacas.\n\n### ARTIGO 7.° \nTodo o corretor que, tendo-se contractado com um agente, ou com um encarregado, ou contractador de quem tenha recebido dinheiro, for offerecer a outro o emigrante ou emigrantes que obtiver, pagará a multa de 50 a 200 patacas.\n\n### ARTIGO 8.° \nTodo o agente da emigração que se provar ser connivente na transgressão dos artigos 6.° e 7.°, incorrerá na pena de lhe serem fechados os estabelecimentos para que tenha obtido licença.\n\n### ARTIGO 9.° \nSem prejuizo da responsabilidade dos agentes e encarregados ou contractadores, os empregados dos estabelecimentos são responsaveis individualmente pelas transgressões dos regulamentos no interior dos mesmos estabelecimentos. \nUnico. Os encarregados dos estabelecimentos responderão, sempre que preciso seja, pelas multas impostas aos empregados.\n\n### ARTIGO 10. \nOs transgressores da prohibição d'este artigo incorrem na multa de 50 a 200 patacas e nas disposições do Codigo Penal.\n\n### ARTIGO 12. \nOs corretores licenciados da emigração chinesa continuarão a habilitar-se no Procuratura dos Negocios Sinicos, precedendo licença e processo de justificação estabelecido por anteriores portarias d'este governo. \nUnico. A fiança dos corretores é elevada a quantia de quinhentas patacas.\n\n### ARTIGO 13. \nOs estabelecimentos da emigração deverão ter affixados á porta e em todas as casas interiores, em caracteres muito legiveis, os contractos que os respectivos agentes offerecem aos emigrantes.\n\n### ARTIGO 14. \nQuando os agentes de emigração tenham reunido emigrantes resolvidos a contratar, o participarão ao Superintendente.\n\n### ARTIGO 15. \nA Superintendencia da emigração será estabelecida em casa que tenha a capacidade necessaria para conter, por espaço de quatro dias, o numero total de emigrantes que deve ser transportado com cada navio.\n\n### ARTIGO 16. \nOs emigrantes que estiverem promptos a embarcar-se, segundo a participação do agente, serão conduzidos a casa da Superintendencia, e ahi, em sessão publica, serão examinados pelo Superintendente, e se lhes explicará o contracto, entregando-se o exemplar impresso do mesmo contracto a cada um. \nUnico. Serão presentes a este acto, além dos empregados da Superintendencia, o Procurador dos negocios sinicos, ou um seu delegado, os interpretes da lingua chinesa designados para este serviço, o commandante da policia, e dois residentes chinas de mais reconhecida probidade, quando não houver em Macau autoridade consular d'essa nação.\n\n### ARTIGO 17. \nOs emigrantes que declararem não querer emigrar, serão conduzidos a lugar separado, além de serem reenviados às terras de suas naturalidades, à custa dos agentes, a que devem indemnisar pelo sustento recebido e por metade da importancia da passagem, na conformidade do artigo 27.\n\n### ARTIGO 18. \nEm quanto a Superintendencia se não achar estabelecida em casa que possa receber o numero total dos emigrantes que deviam ser transportados em qualquer navio, poderá o embarque effectuar-se por duas vezes, não devendo mediar o espaço de mais de dez dias entre o primeiro embarque, feito pelo methodo estabelecido n'esta portaria, e o ultimo.\n\n### ARTIGO 21. \nNo quarto dia, em acto publico, precedendo nova leitura e expune, se procederá á assignatura dos contractos de cada um dos emigrantes successivamente.\n\n### ARTIGO 25. \nO navio que houver de transportar emigrantes deve ter se preparado com a necessaria antecedencia para se fazer de vela quarenta e oito horas, quando muito, depois de se effectuar o ultimo embarque.\n\n### ARTIGO 26. \nOs facultativos dos estabelecimentos deverão inspeccionar os emigrantes na casa da Superintendencia, durante os dias que ahi estiverem depositados os mesmos emigrantes.\n\n### ARTIGO 27. \nTodo o emigrante que tiver estado dez dias em um estabelecimento da emigração, no gozo da plena liberdade que ahi lhe deve ser dada, e só se retirar depois d'esse tempo, constitue-se devedor, ao respectivo agente, de metade da importancia da sua passagem e do sustento que tiver recebido, à razão de 100 sapecas por dia.\n\n### ARTIGO 28. \nOs chinas examinados que declararem estar dispostos a emigrar e aceitarem as condições dos contractos, serão recebidos nos alojamentos que houver para esse fim, a casa da Superintendencia, e por espaço de quatro dias, até a assignatura dos contractos, não poderão communicar com os agentes, com os encarregados ou contractadores, ou com os corretores.\n\n### ARTIGO 30. \nTodas as multas provenientes dos regulamentos de emigração serão, por meio de guias, enviadas à Junta da Fazenda, para proceder á sua cobrança.\n\nFicam revogadas as disposições anteriores regulamentares contrarias ás da presente portaria, que será considerada como additamento aos regulamentos vigentes.\n\nAs autoridades a quem o conhecimento e execução d'esta pertencer, assim o tenham entendido e cumpram.\n\nMacau, 24 de agosto de 1868.\n\n**Antonio Sergio de Sousa, Governador**.",
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        "content_text": "980 16 Mai (CHAMBRE} \n\nDÉBATS PARLEMENTAIRES \n\nAnnée 18 \n\nC.O. \n\nDOMESTIC. \n\nANNEXES AU PROCÈS-VERBAL DE LA SÉANCE DU MARDI 15 MAI 1883 \n\nSCRUTIN \n\nSur le paragraphe de l'article 2 du projet de Loi portant ouverture au ministre de la marine et des colonies, sur l'exercice 1885, d'un crédit supplémentaire pour le service du Tonkin. \n\nNombre des votants.......... 432 Majorité absolue.... 217 \n\nPour l'adoption........ 355 Contre..... 77 \n\nLa Chambre des députés a adopté. \n\nONT VOTÉ POUR: \n\nMM. Achard. Alicot. Allain-Targe. Ansart. Arène (Emmanuel). Armez. Arnoult. Audiffred. \n\nBarba. Bacquias. Baïbaut. Ballue. Baltet. Bastid (Adrien). Bavoux. Bell (François). Bello. Belon. Benoist. Bernard (Doubs), Bernard (Nord), Bernier, Bernot, Bert (Paul), Bertholon. Bienvenu. Bischofsheim. Bissac. Blanc (Pierre) (Savoie). Blancsubé. Blandio. Boissy d'Anglas (baron), Bontoux. Borriglione.. Bouchet. Boudeville. Bouillez-Brideu. Boy-Jard. Bourrillon. Bousquet, Bouteille. Bouthier de Rochefort. Bovier-Lapierre. Brelay. Bresson. Brialou. Brice (René). Briens. Brossard. Brousse. Brugnet. Bruneau. Bully. Bury, Buvignier. Buyat. \n\nCadet. Caduc. Camescasse. Caragrel, Carette. Carnot (Sadi). Casimir-Perier (Aube). Casimir-Perier (Paul) (Seine-Inférieure). Casse (Germain). Cassou. Cavaignac (Godefroy). Cavallé. Cayrade. Cazauvieilh. Caze. Chebrić. Chaix (Cyprien). Chantemille. Chermes (François). Chauveau (Franck). Chavanne (Loire). Chavanne (Rhône). Charoix. Chéneau, Chevandier. Christophle (Albert) (Orne). Cirier. Clémenceau. Cochery. Codet. Compayré. Constans. Corentin-Guyho. Cornudet. Costes. Courmeaux. Couturier. \n\nDaumas. Dautresme. David (Jean) (Gers). David (Indre). Deluns-Montaud. \n\nDemarçay (baron Maurice). Deniau. Deproge. Deroyer. Descamps (Albert). Desmons. Desmoutiers (Charles). Desprez. Dessoliers. Dethomas. Dethou. Devade. \n\nDevelle (Edmond). (Meuse). Devés. Devic. Dieu. Donnet. Dreux. Dreyfus (Ferdinand). Drumel. Dubois. Dubost (Antonin). Duchasseint. Duportal. Durand (Ille-et-Vilaine). Dureau de Vaulcomte. Durieu. Dusolier (Alcide). Dutailly. Duvaux. Duvivier. \n\nEscande (Georges). Escanyé. Etienne. \n\nEsnault. \n\nFabre (Joseph), Faillières. Fanien (Achille). Faure (Hyppolyte) (Marne), Féau (Paul). Ferry (Albert). Ferry (Charles). Fatry (Jules). Fleury. Florent-Lefebvre. Forné. Fouquet. Fourcand (Léon). Fousset. Fréry. \n\nGaillard (Puy-de-Dôme) Gaillard (Yonne). Galpy. Ganault. Garet. Garriga. Gasconi. \n\nGassier. Gandy. Germain (Henri). Gerville-Réache. Gilliet. Girard (Albd). Giraud (Henri) Girault (Cher). Girodet, Girod-Pouzol. Giroud. Goblet (René). Gomot. Granet. Graux (Georges). Graziani. Greppo. Gueguen. Guichard. Guillemin. Guyot (Louis). Guyot (Paul) (Marne). \n\nHémon. Henry (Edmond). Hérédis (de). Hérisson (Seine). Hopfeur. Hovins. Hugot. \n\nJanzé (baron de). Joubert. Journault, Jouve. Jullien. \n\nLabussière. Labuza. Lacôte. Lacretelle (Henri de). Lafitte de Lajoannenque (de). Lafont. Lagrange. Laisant. La Porte (de) (Deux-Sèvres). Laroze. Lasbaysses. Lasserre. Laurengon. La Vieille. Laville, Lecherbonnier. Lechevalier. Lecomte (Mayenne). Leconte (Indre). Lefevre (Ernest) (Seine). Léglise. Lefebvre (de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne). Lefebvre (Pierre) (de Lille, Nord). Lefebvre (Adolphe), Lenient. Lepère. Leroy (Arthur). Leguillier. Letellier. Le Vavasseur. Lévêque. Leydet. Liouville. Logerotte. Loubet: Loustalot. \n\nMalézieux. Mallevialle. Mangon (Hervé). Margue. Marion. Marquiset. Martin-Feuillée. Massip. Masure (Gustave). Mathé. Mathieu. Mauger. Mauguin. Maunoury. Maurel (Var). Mayet. Maze (Hippolyte). Mazeron. Méline. Ménard-Dorian. Mercier. Mestreau. Mézières. Michou. \n\nMillion. Mougasson. Mir, Morel (Hippolyte) (Manche), \n\nNadaud (Martin). Naquet (Alfred), Noël-Parfait. Noirot. \n\nTallon (Alfred). Tassin. Ténot. \n\nThomas (Frédéric) (Tarn). Son. Tirard. Trouard-Riolle. Truelle. Trystram. Turquet. Tondu. \n\nToulet. Treil. Vachal. Vacher. Vaschalde. \n\nVernhi. Vernière. Versigny. Vielfaure. Vignance. Villain. Villeneuve. Viox. \n\nWaldeck-Rousseau. \n\nONT VOTÉ CONTRE: \n\nMM. Aillières (d'). Ancel. \n\nBaudry d'Asson (de). Bélizal (vicomte de). Benazet, Bergerot.\" Billiais (de La). Blin. Bourdon (vicomte). Bourgeois. Boyer (Fernand). Brame (Georges), Brière, \n\nCarret (Jules). Chevreau (Léon), Choisel (Horace de). Cibiel. Colbert-Laplace (comte de). \n\nDaynaud. \n\nDebuchy. Delafosse. Desson. Saint-Aignan. Du Bodan. Dufour (baron). Durfort de Civrac (comte de). \n\nEschasseriaux (baron). \n\nFauré. Feltre (duc de). Freppel. Gaudin. Gautier (René). Gérard (baron). Gonidec de Traissan (comte de), Granier de Cassagnac (Paul). \n\nHamille (Victor). \n\nJolibois. \n\nKermenguy (vicomte de). \n\nLa Bassetière (de). Labat. Ladoucette (de). Laffon de Ladebat. Lajoinie (comte de). Largentaye (de). La Rochefoucauld, duc de Bisaccia. La Rochejaquelin (marquis de). Neveux. \n\nLaroche-Joubert. La Rochette (Ernest de). Lefebvre du Prey. Legrand (Arthur) (Manche). Léonce (prince de). La Panouse de Launay. Le Roux. Levart. Loras (Morbihan). \n\nOrdinaire (Dionys), Outters. Pagès. Papon. Parry, Pelisse. (Marcellin). Pelletan (Camille), Penicaud. Pénières, Périgois, Perras. Petitbien. Peulevey (Léon). Peytral. Philippoteaux. Picard (Arthur) (Basses-Alpes). Pinault. \n\nPlantié. Ponlevoy (Frogier de). Poujade., Poulet (Marius). Pradal. Pradet-Balade. Préveraud. Proust (Antonin). \n\nRameau. Ranc. Raspail (Benjamin), Raynal. Récipon. Remolville. (Francisque) (Loire). \n\nRey. Raymond. Reyneau. Ribot. Richard. Ringnier. \n\nRiotteau. \n\nRivet. Robert (Edmond). Rochs (Jules) (Var). Rodat, Roger. Roque (de Filol). Roquet. Rousseau. Rouvier. Royer. Roys (marquis de). Roudier. Rozières. \n\nSaint-Martin (Vaucluse). Saint-Prix. Saint-Romme. Salis. Salomon. Sandrique. Sarlat, Scrépet. Bentenac. Silhol. Simon (Fidèle). Simonnet. Soogier (de). Souchu-Servinière. Soustre. Spuller. Steeg. \n\nMackau (baron de). Maillé (comte de). Martre. Martin (d'Auray). Maynard de la Clave (comte Albert de). Murat (comte Joachim). \n\nOllivier (Auguste). Ornano (Camille d'). Pain. Pioyre. Prax-Paris. \n\nRauline. Reille (baron). Rotours (des). Roque de Loulay (Louis). \n\nSaint-Martin (de) (Indre). Sarrette. \n\nSerp(i (Gusman). Soland (de). Soubeyran (baron de). \n\nTerves (de). Thirion-Montauhan. Toinnet de la Turmelière, \n\nValon (de), \n\nN'ONT PAS PRIS PART AU VOTE : \n\nMM. Amagat. Andrieux. Arrazat. \n\nPage 363 \n\nPage 363 \n\nPage 363 \n\n1 June \n\n1883 \n\nHong Kong No. 9889 \n\n(Subject.) \n\nFrench proceedings \n\n9339 \n\n235 \n\nSEGP \n\nREGP Jar \n\nproceedings in Tonquin \n\nTézen \n\nThe \n\nprevious Paper. \n\nFo 0060. \n\nGeticct from \"Journal der Arbati \n\ngroup detail \n\nTheulier.",
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        "content_text": "POOLEY v. WHETHAM,\n\nJuly, 1880.\n\n12\n\nCHANCERY DIVISION AND COURT OF APPEAL\n\nL.R. 15 Ch. Div. (1880) 435; 30 L.J. Ch. 236.\n\nOn 20th September, 1879, an attachment was issued by the High Court against Pooley for disobedience of an order of the Court in a civil action. On 27th September a petition in bankruptcy was filed, and Pooley was adjudicated bankrupt on 22nd October, and he soon afterwards left England. On 13th May, 1880, the trustee obtained permission to prosecute Pooley for offences against bankruptcy law. Pooley was arrested in Paris on 1st June on a warrant issued on 22nd May. On 7th June an order was obtained to lodge the writ of attachment with the Governor of Newgate, and that Pooley when released from the criminal charge should be handed over to the Governor of Holloway Prison until he had purged his contempt. On 28th June, Pooley was discharged by the Guildhall Magistrate in respect of the charges in the warrant, and he was then taken to Holloway.\n\nCHANCERY DIVISION.\n\nHe applied (9th July) to Vice-Chancellor BACON to discharge him. The motion was refused with costs.\n\nCOURT OF APPEAL.\n\nFrom this order he appealed; and the Court, after hearing evidence, Held: Disobedience of an order of the High Court of Justice in a civil action, though a contempt of Court, is not an \"offence\" within the meaning of section 19 of the Extradition Act; and Pooley was therefore not entitled to his discharge until his contempt had been purged. If a warrant under the Extradition Act is obtained, not for the bona fide purpose of punishing a person for a crime, but with the indirect object of making him amenable to an attachment in a civil action, it will be an abuse of the process of the Court, and the attachment will be set aside.\n\nR. v. JACOBI AND HILLER.\n\nGermany.\n\n3rd March, 1881.\n\nQUEEN'S BENCH: Pollock, B., and STEPHEN, J.\n\n46 L.T. (N.S.) 595, footnote.\n\nOn 23rd September, 1880, prisoners sent from Amsterdam a letter to Heininger & Co., Mayence, ordering furniture to be sent to Amsterdam. Heininger's agent called on them, and prisoners made certain alleged false statements. Furniture was supplied, sent by ordinary carrying agents to Amsterdam; it was not paid for, but was removed to England, and prisoners absconded to England. Warrants were issued at Mayence in December for the arrest of the prisoners, setting forth that they were \"suspected of fraud\" by having, with intent to procure illegal pecuniary profit, and by a promise of payment given in writing falsely and in bad faith, induced Heininger to forward furniture, thus causing pecuniary prejudice to the said firm.\n\n13\n\nThey were committed for extradition for \"obtaining goods by false pretences\"; and on application for rules nisi for writs of habeas corpus, it was\n\nContended: That if any offence had been committed it was in Holland and not in Germany; and that the German warrant of arrest was bad for insufficiency, as it did not state upon its face that the crime charged was the extradition offence of obtaining goods by false pretences, but set out a mere fraud which could be substantiated without proving a single false pretence for which they could be indicted in England; such mere fraud was not an extradition offence in the treaty.\n\nHeld: That the offence was committed in Germany, the property being actually parted with at Mayence: and that (referring to ex parte Terraz) the warrant was sufficient.\n\nPer POLLOCK, B.-It seems to me that upon all the sound principles the course of dealing of the prisoners was an obtaining of the goods in Mayence under false pretences: and the Magistrate decided upon evidence contained in those letters, which clearly show that there was false pretence, and that under those circumstances the offence was committed.\n\n(See ex parte Terras, L.R. 1 Ex. D. 63; 48 L.J. Ex. 214; 14 Cox C.C. 153; 39 L.T. (N.S.) 502; 27 W.R. 170; and R. v. Nillins, 53 L.J.M.C. 157; and In re Arton, L.R. Q.B.D. 1896 (1) 509; 65 L.J.M.C, 50; 18 Cox C.C. 277; 60 J.P. 132.)\n\nR. v. LAVAUDIER AND OTHERS.\n\nBelgium.\n\n24th August, 1881.\n\nQUEEN'S BENCH: CAVE and KAY, JJ.\n\n15 Cox C.C. 329.\n\n(Head note in Cox's Reports: \"To satisfy a Magistrate in committing a prisoner charged with an extradition crime, under section 10 there must be some evidence that the prisoner committed such crime within the jurisdiction of the country seeking extradition.\")\n\nOn the night of the 3rd-4th June, 1881, a burglary was committed in Brussels. These prisoners had been seen before the 3rd June in London with the person who subsequently brought the stolen goods from Belgium, who had been seen in Brussels at the time of the commission of the burglary. These prisoners pledged the stolen goods in London. They were committed for extradition for receiving and being accessories after the fact to the burglary.\n\nHeld: That there was no evidence at all to show that the accused were guilty of receiving these stolen goods in Belgium, though there was strong evidence of receiving stolen goods in England, and prisoners were discharged.\n\n(See R. v. Nillins, 53 L.J.M.C. 157; and R. v. Jacobi and Hiller, 46 L.T. (N.S.) 595, footnote.)\n\n513",
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        "content_text": "24\n\nContended: That, the Magistrate having come to the conclusion that no forgery, according to English law, had been committed in such falsification and using, the committal was bad, as the Magistrate could not commit Arton for faux, the French equivalent or translation of \"forgery\"; and further that in the committal \"falsification, &c.,\" without stating that such falsification was in the character of trustee, &c., of a public company, was insufficient to bring the charge under Article III (18) of the treaty; and falsification of accounts simply was not in the treaty, and not in the offences mentioned in the first schedule to the Extradition Act of 1870.\n\nHeld: That the offence of falsification of accounts charged was a crime within the French version of Article III (2) of the treaty, and within the English version of Article III (18), and according to English law, section 83 of the Larceny Act, 1861, and section 1 of the Falsification of Accounts Act, 1875; and a crime according to French law, being faux or forgery within Article 147 of the Code Pénal; and that it was an extradition crime within the first schedule to the Extradition Act, 1870.\n\n(As to DESCRIPTION OF OFFENCES, 800\n\nEx parte Terras, L.R. 4 Ex. D. 63; 48 LJ. (Ex.) 214; 14 Cox C.C. 153,\n\n39 L.T. (N.S) 502; 27 W.R. 170;\n\nR. v. Jacobi and Hiller, 46 L.T. (N.S) 595 note;\n\nEx parte Piot, 15 Cox C.C. 208; 47 J.P. 247; 48 L.T. (N.S.) 120;\n\nIn re Bellencontre, L.R. Q.B.D. 1891 (2) 122; 60 L.J.M.C. 83; 17 Cox C.C. 253;\n\n55 J.P. 694;\n\nR. v. Die, \"Times,\" 15th January, 1902.)\n\nEX PARTE EMILE GEORGE. France.\n\n11th August, 1897.\n\nQUEEN'S BENCH:\n\n25\n\nLAWRANCE and COLLINS, JJ.\n\n18 Cox C.C. 631.\n\nGeorge was committed for extradition upon a charge of larceny under section 3 of the Larceny Act, 1861, \"abus de confiance.” The evidence showed that Madame de la Croisette intrusted George with a bond with authority to raise a loan for her upon it; George raised the loan and fraudulently appropriated the money so raised. A rule nisi was obtained,\n\nupon the argument thereon it was\n\nand\n\nHeld: (following the decision in Reg. v. De Banks; 15 Cox C.C. 450; 53 L.J. 132; 32 W.R. 723; 48 J.P. 470: 50 L.T. (N.S.) 427; L.R. 13 Q.B.D. 29) That the evidence amounted to larceny by a bailee under section 3 of the Larceny Act, 1861.\n\nIN RE GALWEY,\n\nBelgium.\n\n18th January, 1896.\n\nQUEEN'S BENCH:\n\nLord RUSSELL, C.J., WRIGHT and KENNEDY, JJ.\n\nL.R. Q.B.D. 1896 (1) 230; 65 L.J.M.C. 38; 18 Cox C.C. 213; 60 J.P. 87.\n\nUpon an application to make absolute a rule nisi for a writ of habeas corpus it was\n\nContended: That Galwey, being a British subject, was not liable to extradition under the Act and the treaty and subsequent declaration,\n\nIt was admitted that Galwey was a British subject.\n\nHeld: That the provisions of the declaration of 1887, providing that the High Contracting Parties shall not be bound to surrender their own subjects, imply that they may do so, and that the surrender of a British subject to Belgium now rests in the discretion of the Secretary of State.\n\n(Field, J.'s words in R. v. Wilson, quoted by Lord Russell, C.J.)\n\n(See R. v. Wilson; L.R. 3 Q.B.D. 42; 48 L.J.M.C. 37; 13 Cox C.C. 630; 37 LT.\n\n(N.S.) 544.)\n\nR. v. SPILSBURY.\n\nFugitive Offenders Act, 1881.\n\nMorocco Order in Council, 1889.\n\n4th, 5th, 8th August, 1898.\n\nQUEEN'S BENCH: Lord RUSSELL, C.J., WRIGHT and KENNEDY, JJ.\n\nL.R. Q.B.D. 1898 (2) 615; 67 L.J. (Com. Law) 988; \"Times\n\n9th August, 1898; 19 Cox C.C. 160; 79 L.T. (N.S.) 211.\n\nSpilsbury having been committed under section 5 of the Fugitive Offenders Act to await return to Tangier, for unlawfully and riotously assembling with others to the number of three or four, and riotously making an assault upon soldiers of the Sultan of Morocco, &c., application was made for a writ of habeas corpus, and in the alternative for bail, and for variance of the order for return by directing return to Gibraltar instead of Tangier.\n\nHeld: That the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court has jurisdiction to admit to bail a person committed under the Fugitive Offenders Act. But the Court refused to exercise that jurisdiction. The order was varied by directing return to Gibraltar instead of to Tangier. (Section 35 F.O. Act.)\n\n10529\n\nD\n\n519",
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        "content_text": "## DESPATCH.\n\nHONG KONG \n\n35262 (Subject) \n35267 RFC 24 SEP 06 \n\n1906 Piratical attack on the \"fainen\". 14 Alfin Serras copy corces. Considers that organization of Police of the Provinces under European control is only means of dealing effectively with Piracy. Has asked to telegraph to press the Viceroy in the matter.\n\nLast previous Paper. 35139. \nB&& (95)-SD101-25009-11-5 \nNext subsequent Paper. to 17232 \n\n(Minutes.) \nLucas by Collin \n\nWhether Foot is taken during the Const vacation for the VII от not.\n\nI have 57 Governor. No. than Secret...\n\nThere се 125 \n\napparute this 231-138 \nSaabo, 35939 maritime Customs proposal with hatandmed.\n\n0 \n7 \nh. laid before! com AK C.PL 26 Mi 70 at once harr to \n\nrospect of any such leave. \nبسمة \n\nFor the Governor. No. ... \nWhether ... is taken during the Const vacation for the VII... not. \n\nI have... \nthan Secret... \n\nThere... \n\napparute this... \nSaabo, 35939 \nmaritime Customs proposal with hatandmed. \n\n0 \n7 \nh. laid before! com AK C.PL 26 Mi 70 at once harr to",
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        "content_text": "SAA\n\n(5%)\n\nCanada\n\n-dac'b scİR ATOSE El votemalt\n\nTo stel was 6 actog oxist TU04\n\neb sèntis votrieb zu Zuarrotmon J. Be to 8681 .OM\n\nmcryoʻl stolenoidente[]\n\ngoldnevito al s7 88 slotste'i\n\n-mos AI ( Yetmoq ab Tusnnon'1 Ja's Nie olynst 50 ub\n\n{\n\nsðstrual adeta aaf eup sorelleord erjov eb someatan\n\n:noldnevac edib Ji Tengia Jist Jno 29T03-15\n\n.101 lem I si cupixe el\n\n2000 abut I el elemedeuf al\n\n.sier mul si ef emplo£»& MI\n\n.net atut & af gwodyazui ei\n\n.RISI mist El el owner of\n\nnter telltet 3 el vue heup? '[\n\n.00 delit & of eerubno of\n\n.00 Tedras BodItooV\n\n(&ng18)\n\nN\n\n、90meffanxf (98)\n\n„JWA 9910 DIWAS TIE\n\n02\n\n08\n\nNo 512\n\nBwealth of Austa No 315\n\nR.Gealand\n\n4 Welafrica шварній 5 Herpand and\n\nDRAFT.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Howell 24/ Mr. Robinson\n\nSir G. Fiddes.\n\nSir H. Just.\n\nSir J. Anderson.\n\nLord Emmolt.\n\nMr. Harcourt.\n\n70\n\n223\n\nHhong.\n\n449\n\n24 July 1912.\n\n6\n\nLord 352 My\n\n· Wich reference\n\nNo\n\n220\n\nNo\n\n166. 153\n\n1\n\n2.\n\n14607 5.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n388\n\ndespatch No 245\n\nmy\n\n5th June\n\nFor of the set fumer\n\n168 278 113\n\nI have the honour to request\n\nYRA\n\nYour the to inform your\n\nyou\n\nEx\n\nMinisters that\n\nMates\n\nthat the following\n\nhave signed\n\nInternational Opium\n\nthe\n\nConvention\n\nof the 22nd Jan, 1912 :-\n\nMexico Guatemala Belgium Luxembourg\n\nPanama benador\n\nHonduras\n\non the 15th May 1912.\n\n+\n\n17th June\n\n18th June.\n\n18th June\n\n. 19th June 2nd July . 5th July",
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        "content_text": "## Stubbs \n\n? attack (It has not killed him yet at any rate!) \n\nIt might be easy to coordinate torchlight...\n\nThe last words would apply. \n\nAtune varjenost sanny an \n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 |\n|----------|----------|\n| A0TL 3030 00011900 26LADIH | deriet 693.0:00 end 107 eleje to vedenost snj eloquonca JoBIA euw Chemiker end 64 od si jedy govt eu netrosa) 03 Ver Bin ees |\n| #ncles or eine ed liene | I nside or sno od noveach to „rowds end du ep6da69k6 17ie bos „polioeleidee ono ve od ed co tuonon edd eved I |\n\nTerras Mot SHARO TATY OF fue soru poapsug' sun po gora punt pg2 \n\nsoisten eru spletsensus cu sufllud end eves i \n\n32 \n\nEND \n\n312",
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        "document_key": "CO129-489N - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12]",
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        "content_text": "164\n\n10\n\nCLEAR OUT THE BOLSHEVISTS.\n\n(Continued from page 5.)\n\nThe effect of this action by the Canton Authorities has been to cause a complete stoppage of the Export of Sugar from the Colony.\n\nNo Question of War.\n\nLord Hailey's Speech.\n\nThis Colony is not threatened by possible rain.\n\nAfter our long waiting we are relieved.\n\n(Loud applause).\n\nStarving Out Shameen.\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925.\n\nTo relieve the situation.\n\nIf present measures are serious and urgent need, and say delay in dealing.\n\nTheillers Railway Government has taken the base of 20% of the\n\nthe latter part of the telegram, retaining the wording generally.\n\nHe pointed out that they could not possibly have the information to support those here whose interests would be reduced to ashes. Bas-Government officials, Mr. Boulton declared.\n\nDuring my visit to Swatow, I will most certainly be influenced by the Hongkong Government, and the rate to and from Hongkong, and I will venture to say that such intervention was one gentleman referred to Hongkong.\n\nHave a far larger problem to face by Russian officers. All this revenue is derived from the\n\nat Canton,\n\nDantun.\n\nard\n\ninterests\n\nA Speaker Heckled. Mr. Somerset Fitzroy\n\nCanton authorities!\n\nCleveland Nat. Rosevelt.\n\nWhat can we get there, for the reason that at that it is a source of wealth to the\n\na strong majority Government, may I understand has that a further meeting for the purpose of protesting against the\n\nUrest Britain but the time for talking is passed. cm gind is now second the resolution.\n\nattitude of drift, which is fatal to Europe would be silaze la 29 It a the time for action, for do-\n\nsaid: Sir. Lalies, and Gentlemen, strong action in this canter. Fur over two mouths we have\n\nThe telegram we are asked to send is plain.\n\n31 appeals to the\n\nSwatow's Voice.\n\n\"The, let us have the blaze\" ait is extremely unfortunate that support and abide by the decisions tion.\n\nwith confidence that long ere¦ Prime Minister to have Treatica: Mr. A. Rogowan (Swatow)\n\nof that meeting, and desire near-manber of the audience shouted, thin crisis sheale kave arisen ut a\n\nand leave the Port of Canton mia, the strong representations carried on which are Imperative supported the resolution.\n\n\"He zara: parution in one cable. Gladly while nonther told the speak that time when la London we are try\n\nprovided they unit Hongkong which, we andarstood, were from for cor commercial prosperity.\n\nMr. Chairman, ladies eun gentle-share expere/\n\nhe was not discussing the acing to impress the Home people which still further destres Britissime to vinte eshted Hume by our stresses the fact that the present af haww been specially request-\n\nMr. J. R. Greig, who said he had firm but singly asking a series of questions,\n\nBritain by the Hongkong exbibit ion is an Ant of open, hostility Commerce would ensure spedy and\n\nthan thusa morths, and independent Steenber of Scouterne in Swalow basised the nerealty for taking\n\nVenezuela Cited\n\nat Wembley. In Great Britain go- to Great Britain and gray cient action by the Home Gay-of Yeking, are dolely responsible to represent them and to associate immoriste action.\n\nHe had hemn Afr. Fitzroy referred to whating to stand aside and see Hong- and deliberately violates her Trea-rament\n\nfor this hopet of British subjects, the British community in Swatowall wound the world and fled that happened at Verregels and satû kung revert to its forme fahing fles with Chink.\n\nWhen, in coteequence of sag tuns skipa, and goods, and the the Cen- with any rebutions reat to the Britain was the most hated nation the restle\n\nPER Wal President village and native huts\"!\n\nsu ihon public meeting of the 27th July, on Government have openly debate Goverment by fongong, throughout the world. That was Rosevelt within three or four let us withdraw Hongong from our telegram was sent to the For-\n\nolured their intention of destroy- Articla II of the Treaty of Tisutain hearse the was too lenient with days sent the whole American the exhibition.\n\nwign. Office by the Envenior, we had long by every nuans in the power, which opened Swatow and othes fire poovie with wegri she had to out there and Great Brivals had\n\nSingapore Scheme Useless.\n\nevery renaust to expect that at lasi Hongkong, its trade and prosperity Southern parts for foreign trade deal.\n\nfe is the rennet Celong to climb down,\n\nProceeding. Mr. Bonitoa refer- Bolts through Hongkong and of car Hanne Government would stop\n\nTheir challenge is quite plair and state the \"\n\nis amel that we have gut,\" the spaaker declared,\n\nIeed to the Singapore Base which Mr. Best: It is not true.\n\nthe port of British Piecsgouds This ingenti be Cap and du save grows daily more definite\n\nBritish subjects are permitted to and why hour not they protacije false,\n\nhe regarded primarily to a scheme into Craton and the interfa;\n\nMr. Fitzroy: The telegram gives a plain-state-tary on rate with wheessure in\n\nwas there and to add to the defence of Hongkong.\n\nthereby causing disustvous Jusaes\n\nof shipping earns, which they pleare and to propel to ani\n\nhelped to blow up the place. Mercantile Marine's Action.\n\nit Great Britain was going is 20- both to British and Chinees mer tord that no repis, and not even an speas for themselves, and tells the top'osrure with their vessels\n\nMr. T. 7.* Laureta, o the M. Best: The whole of it to fmain paszive in this matter and chants in this Colony and to the acknowledgement of our degram\n\nPrime Minister of the recent pro- and archumdise,\" which is The Phina Coast Offrers Guild, enid: klee.\n\nĮ seg Hongkong ruined through Bol- Expor trade of Lancashire and nearly a month ago, has been claustion by Canton excluding alley bound on with at the Chahman, ladies and yousie.\n\naly. teror in comlusion suidjabevist influence, then why not Yorkshire, which st result in recived here. Even as to the pre.\n\nDritish vessels from that port, and the beatles\n\nbetween. Great on. on behalf of the mercantile was entirely opposed\n\n13abandon the Singapore scheme and farther very considerable and ju-sent nothing appears to have been shy other vessels from Canton if Reitairy and China and theatrs marine I should like to say that at creating permanent becply done by the Home foveagent for they first call at 12 ageng.\n\nThis embrace the Treaty of Nonius meeting of the mastere and ment in Great Britain.\n\nor relie, and we are here now, proferation by Canton our tele- which is that British cubjenteneres hold on Thursday afterno: En, to express our strongest indiz-gram rightly deportives as \"ar gut with the trailles, and establish fast, it was decided that the follow.\n\nThe tante-Hongkong problem ination at sneh treatment for our of een hostility to Great Britains shall be allowed to reside for ing telegram should be sent to London.\n\n(Auplouse). The Colony's Defence Contribution, the rarese of carrying on their Secretaries who are entirely separate and distleet from Horse Government.\n\nWe tall the Prime Minister of molestation or restraint,\n\nDercantile parynis that in any other part of Chira Suck treatment is outragevas uril\n\nwithave Tis is very rect and lime felt the pulse of all the stand for pstalatiere and love Both vitally important, lee every effort nations interested in China and auf country and for my fellow men owing to the fact that Gantou doen intolerable treatment, and, failing disnatrons losses to British andare trentres have been corricials with Tuppertal go toungulse and is in robelitos eller shortly from the Ueme Gev-Chinese metchisiz by this a that and absolutely violated not only in Gulle, Marine Engineers Asenciale thought thes\n\nMorchautz Service peaceful solution of this problem. The world over, hit I annet clauid Leave tolerate this position the Home against the Central Government we must pursolves do what of the Cantos authorities and that\n\nMercanthie Maring Services Whatever action was reecssury to Government is taking up to-day.\n\nat Feking and that on Conferences we can in our own interests and to by promot action new pose Nasa) apin and letter bet in the in.\n\nhoid a: Peking on driff or extra-te interests of those dependent and Minars Ferran would speedilytics of them, and my personal Association and Navigsters and the flows Government who hail\n\nWhy should she remain so milent Experience has been that with the Sercial Insurere Comply tu prezzor knowledge of the anti so passive as she fe?\n\nThere territoriality or any other Ques\n\nHongkong hard is only vor excuse. We state the fact that is 25) Prent Boisbevist authorities in urge the Imperial Government to situation than tions can possibly assist this f\n\npaver they way he considerat take immediate action with regard (Disent).\n\n27 years residence here i hava i need not dilato upon what is years this Colons has remitted as rape of paper which have been to Canton and China general the last speaker and entirely over to spons about Hongkong.\n\nI have Colony in the retaulest degree in\n\nThe chairman remarked that heen to England twine and I like common knowledge- the deliberate the House Government a defence!\n\nPerther delay may be minous cas and heartless attempt to starve our contritation of 4 millions dullers, and de unt fuzelton.\n\nCanton Government legal.\n\nJacked the axplanation he had seen it grow solid, stolid and og in dully losses be this Clonthere and the uncooked, organiz- milion dollars. These defence oment of Canton has pat inte fone That, ladies and gentlemen, was for intervention should take, at Hoe know anything about\n\nShameau, mno with of our trude the 1924 contribution betas vi\n\ning a disastrous affect on the mer mede that while they made some secure and yet the strange thing cente\n\narine.\"\n\n(pause)\n\nsuggestions wä of inermeing 201 rukowa\n\nregard to the is that comparatively due people nagnitude: moreover for Brilia sud eurders tack\n\nupou adlitary equilations Hongkong very effective embargo the telegram ant by the mercather of course fully realised that Hongkong.\n\nAt one menting here Government debyy decisive Shades with\n\nSwator i British and Jay say are never behind. Ther soleiriter for the decision of bong as just aufheient la cover\n\nare boycottert. at Canton tu the future than that and gel inure, was told us by an taxes paid by our business men and What about it? Are we to accept Arst line of defence after your file Majesty's Government. (Au- the point of a poncil on the map\n\nexo-vitarse, Mr. Helstrom, the workmen to the Government, and these nuditions withee undest? Boyal Navy. (Angimuse).\n\nlevel. The meeting waa noij and that is hot Hongkong exista There is no question whatever wadish Consal in Canton, at bir contributed to by every tue of 25 (Cres of \"No\").\n\nThu trouble\n\npresuming to dictate to the one in the minds of musands and of making War on Chion bus aiment Isaturs.\n\nAt the same lenaedectly or indirectly, down to the started in Caufan and must he stil\n\nGovernment what they should de thousands of our fellow men and ply es ousting the present via M Mangowan, ay out and respect-tumblent coolie, and we can with Carlos. Cantor is avite Chairun, todies and gentlemen, but was simpis\n\ntoworen to-day. It is just the enily anti-British Bulsbetik faed resident of Swaton, cold how longer endure what we rightly das-separate and independent of the rise to eantess any digressent voice the foeting of the Colory: polat of a pencil,\n\nThey do not lion which has recently succeed-tast port, controlled by the Canon the to the Prime Minister as die Central Government of Pikity, with the latter part of the telegram that compling must be dure and realise, they cannot realise that it\n\nGovernment, eculd secure peace at present imolerable ed in seizing the reins of new intervals only, and by the payment and bevralt of the business of this unitors the Tieda are kicked stres down to what this wetita diplomacy of Prking had so far Britain of theeands upon bou- strangulate wat has been badly treated and it is aropand to rele. When we done quickly. Applause). The in a source of income to Great It may be added that such talenting some years, or millions and Colasy.\n\nThere is no possible chance of the proposes to send to the Ilome Gos-adately and entirely fabled and saves of pounds and that it brings We have \"carried ou\" here, ali resmpton of trade as before. The erment wil done amant 10? vention will be hadled with the wiilions of dots. Has Swator\n\nit was not realised that there trade and commerce and work to not so paid the town would have praise to car own men and acreen, tags of this trade will hit the Coley demands that the Britina Gov-was problem in the tooth, our fellow me gresiest suisfaction by the op pressed and terrorised people after, and the Chinese mex-and to those of other races we of Hongtans sary hard. harder crerunt deliver au ufignatum at\n\nda, hut shall we lo to awaken cheats therefore proferred to pay. have so unselfishly and cheerfully than many resise.\n\nBritish ijonce is the\n\nfr Rost who then wonted the Chem? Exception has been taken Apart from the facensestable\n\n\"demand.\" but I Mr. Macgowan fold of the inallest our serial services factud ping interesta are very large in Apaizare), Fase you stopped for Platform from the body of the hall is the word right of British subjects in se le nder of the Bush ling police, volunteers uit oder Swalew, while farge quantities of one money he thinks were the referred to Mr. Fiteroy's statement consider it is not strong enough.\n\nColony of every race to the pro-\n\nin Swatos, sad that any Chase difer. We feel we not British gouds are imported yearly-mags7\n\nBe We want words that wall makɛ all with regard to Yeugenols. a Vulcer \"No me to was clently thank every one of these All te has diy akcppet. I have stop (Laughter and applause).\n\nizely wrote in agley that Praiat least for this generation, thet tection of the Bravish Flag a deght speaking a Briton\n\ndeclared that the speaker was en-Britons reatine once and for all, frnce of the provisions of the severely utahed, Acy sangan men\n\nwonzey. (Applause) much pleasure in supporting this You are recognising a belligerent, dent Roosers sent the American Hongkong is a tremendous asset, 5 Retou was burned. But such services are the duty of telegram to the Price Minister, and Can you point out any time in the Treaties between Great Britain akt and Charma, thus Colors has by its Swatow k cil instractions the Government, and the over. I hope prompt action will be taken lustery of the British nation when\n\nCanton; the void of the trelement is paid the taxpayers of the flame wiborities to stop it as weugnised a twopeury half end who was in power. Langheading interests in the Best repeated convidscable defence cron tribution for the past 2 years as a Canton, and waless woad Hongwong to perform Paese duties.\n\nthis reign of terror in Routh China, penny belligerant? aquired a right to the active supranged in Canton there could to when for our payment to Govt should he to say that if say al-gita bask to the\n\nEr and applause). President that Britain dres not relia port of the British Government and improvement in Swetow. We erament of dai millious yearly, we tack is made on Carton, a similar when the\n\nRocrevat would ever have done it and ventise it soon through those Souths wha fighting auch a thing. Suci d-fence untrutionz atownten easily imagine the ict of our require tall protection of ane lives shack should he made on Swalow. Jesinst the North, when the whole ceeded to give the history of the the north, she looks like coming The speaker pro-red hats, those red heads from Altogether during de period to one and children in the Treaty and property, and full protection because, unfortunately. Swatow if that Continent wax is the great Verczucia tremble pointing sat very near to losing it tha sum of 4 milion dollars, the posts under these conditiona: to tende with any bi accordamen in Kearatony and just now emire throes of war. Did the British that it was all over a guid Arid\n\nMuch Pay, Little Work, 1924 contribution being the record the refused a cup of roll or with her treaties.\n\nly under Rad rate (Appinuse).\n\nĮGasorament veroguise them? Not! Amount of 4% million dollars, and even water for for sick and dying Immediate and Decisive Actio\n\nAmerica butige in and Mr. Boulton declared that since the there, A Shungen Speaker.\n\na bit of it. You have a small com have naturally been couridered by child. She and her child wight\n\nHongkong, with its long ni\n\nbegan as usual with a lot of big 1922 strike the Chinese workman thie Colony as an Insurance Fuse for want of the bare\n\nMr. C. B. Pearock (Shameen): audity when you pay are aging talk. (laughter). \"That is about was not worth 50 ger cent of what contribution to the lome Govern-\n\ngentie- contrary to Peking. You have for the urotection of the rights artes\n\nment for protection, has been built Mr. Chairman, ladies and\n\nsm going your treaties with Chipp. Where they are any use for the he was ten years ago. Bomele secured to Eritish enhjoete\n\nup by British and allied enterprise then, I am afraid I\n\nor other Bolshevik, Socialism arð | speaker declared amii iughter. Treaties with China.\n\nwhich the Canton autheities would and work. Thousands of disappoint you in what I have to the proper place to get The\n\nMr. P. Boulton said the troubio Communison had got inte redbe na. They world bring us workers, the class which helped to say use in Shaman we have place where the Foreign Office which we had passed through thecus gud now they were sur to get to the are condition as Caatamake these millions of contrition not yet had an opportunity of going at the present moment. There lage tre months, two years, ten as much as they could for as little\n\nAccordingly the residents of itself, and of Bluesin, which is rare now, through the action of the reading the telegram which it is one, and only cue channel years and more justiced the as possible.\n\nHe heartily supported This Colouy at a great Mass In- state of anares, brutal des Canton authorities out of work proposed to send to London. As tough which we can deal and sertion that British interests and the resolution and again phasised dignation Meeting demand that the Sotism, cring, proverts and atter here at are forcibly detained in a rate I can tell you that so for that is through the diploratie: British quahties of justice, to- that unless Great Britain realised British Government deliver arratser\n\nCanton where they have lost or as the attratten there is regeerned, harnes of Pelting.\n\ntegrity and bonusly bad bass ciao. the situation quickly sad teak At this point thure was con cen robbed of all their little we are still cooking war on food,\n\ning down due to the fnci Mat Jar-promet and decisive action, Bong- ing the years of piracy, marder kong would be raïvod. The policy of Canton is frightvinga or capital, that and their doing our wo washing. pisaning siderable dent, and one of (A) To restore Capton us an\n\nThe Chatman, replying to Mr. Oper Treats Port for Tracefulness, terrorist. The authorities Families being dewlute. As the our own house and duing to beat the audience shouted \"Go and outrage, carried on droogh-\n\nI want to the West River and see what out the Chidon delta, Britain had Peacock, who asked whether the between Chinese and the bere have applied these methods Coutua cauilenge to us neartes Chaugster).\n\nthe-amplify the Charmeen's opening Teklog can do” amid laud cheers. Dever effectiveh Jutervenud and regulations regardius akipping were Foreign Treaty Powers to ruin tangkong, but have so tur accomplishmen Britons\n\narticle Ma. Fitzroy: Let me go on alto-day was the linaz. One cen-affleial, said thai Sir James Jamie.\n\nnot understand, Mr. Boulton pre-jsen had addresSEU full accordance with the failed, for Hongkong is not Russia elves and their allies woust also be remarks in regard to the\n\nthe Foreign Provisions of the Tresting or Ching, and we are not Russian thrown out of employment here, under the heading of \"Sir Jamestite farther,\n\n\"We are dealing with Canton in fceeded, how it in that & Govern-Secretary at Canton, Mr. We Hon- between Ching and those We depend for success aron indus oliriously, unless we obtain Jamieson\" in the Dallu Prean. The\n\ntry and absulate falmese, fastics adegante help now from the naye hain key aid you rectienlis other respects\" anusite: Interruptor most with such trenendous inter-nir challenging bin, to deny that Powers.\n\nesta 1 Britain has in Hongkong they were not official, and up to the (B) To expel ! Bolsheviks and generosity in all our dealings, and military forces--help for which word for word what i wanted to exclaimed.\n\nThere followed some disorder, to-day should remain pausive and present he had not received any tbefand we liave here a Government we have paid from the taxes of the and it is not ceressary for me\n\nOne early in the next few days Sir Kwangtang Province. not excelled in these resprets by people, we can pay as 44 million repeat it. I should like to during which the Chairman apseemingly indiferent (C) To disarm and disband the any other Gurement in the world, or any other samt to the Govers remind you, however, that a snopealed to the meeting to give the recall 26 years ago, when the New James Jamieson was likely to deat\n\narticle appesyed a few dayy later (apeaker a fair hearing.\n\nTerritories on the Kowloon side anther with the matter. For that sole Waypen College Syplause), and which has the conmeut in taxation, Applause).\n\nAnd has the British Gaverstoeat which was a gradging retractio) on\n\nwere given to Great Britiau youson, the Chairman said they Cadets who are in reality dence of all under er dag, rich) vome points and a poor attempt la Mr. Fitzroy Nar the ass! There was pure irable in the feh pastised in embodying the Russian trained troops, sed and poor alike. (Applause). We no obligation townude these work-\n\nTerritories\n\nA few mat shedstorms referred to in their telegram. send back to their native, shall therette defear a wanden als left destitute and towards Jussi ches, but they did thing you ask them to do is to\n\nwere huned down and if I recall Had the Carton Government seen places those who are tack upon our fade and liberties, thane who will be en left and shatish the atter from a Slamentira at the Bolshevists\n\nand shall emerge stronger andį we remain 2511 inactive while the merchant who is bore today pinot know the exact meaning rightly a few policemer were shot to deny imraedissly their receg- Cantonese,\n\nPerhaps some of you mean! There were considerable trozbie miston of that proclamation, it prouid But at what Cantos craitenge aereeds and of the Samen point of view that (D) To cease hoyent of British brighter than ever.\n\ngood workers, so to speak, perish? and inferusing them that we in the Chinese Roshevista, but at any with telephone communications cos have appeared in thus retegraal. Goods,\n\nJeost to us all!\n\nAnd, incentime, with the thou. Certainly not: We cannot and Shameen were not being for rate what you are ashing is that it did not last long. (E) To\n\ncare\n\nscapegoal. It may interest you lofts whole of thean paople shall bej The Trouble Spinthered. propagatio.\n\nEDH And intelligersahuti not do so,\n\nknow that the first article in the turned out I think I as hear in Voder Threat of\n\nworkers and merchants of all races! These people, and ali non-British Rongkong Daily Press was referred that an ero the ultimatonealation and a party from three tiers. There would be \"Complete Naval Blockade by wże stand by us ners, we cannot in the Cology, look to us and to our to by Mr. C. Wa,\n\nC who which was delivered to Serbis in different sturees was organised swer from the Canton Government \"Britain of Centon and Its continue passively to endure this Government for strength and help is\n\n11914 by Austria (A Voice: \"Non- to advance on the Territories. 1and when they pressed their for an \"net inbouring waters and/or Bloyeett with its murders, robberies, to them is this erisis and we must allest\n\nin the Cantonscher\"). It is the same sort of remember being ir. Telpu when answer the only reply they would \"such other zetion\n\nsand gross violation or treaty rights or fail then.\n\nadministration and who is believed thing that you want to destroy the Centers mounted the head of revs was that they had nothing \"Mejesty' Government may (Applause).\n\nOur Government must he urged to hos mederate with a very large the sovereignty of a nation and column which marked through to do with Vem but that it was We understand that sony foure: to prompt and vigorous action following. His chicrease to this take it by force. Very well, how the village. The ag was host-party a strikers' proclamation. The Ultimatum should also state fielegrants have been sent, either istua Retion weig, I think. bral article, I think, speaks tac itsell do you propose to do this wicked, a royal salute of 21 gets fred i\n\nSir Henry Pellock Administratiere our Governor to the Coloria 64opreted 5 All Chinese and other He referred to it in a speech ou\n\nSir Henry Poleek: Mr. Chair- ruush he established at Canton Cfice by one Chamber of Cora-non-British here of both the work August 175h in Canton. Il a situa- ve sort your allimatum (A and from that day to this there.\n\nValee: \"Send 3 telagem,\" has cover been any trouble in Tan, ladies and gentlemen, I have ing and merchant classes, and, as tien of this kind I think the greatest (Laughter. which will observe no the fall all merce to the Foreign Offer.\n\nExactly, but that ki. (Applause) Now an-made two in thres apecches ou the existing Treaties between Chios; We sun iso assured, and can stated in our proposed telegram, care should be exercised by the is not whac WC are disticipate that if something like had subject of the Canton trouble dar- and the Foreign Powera.\n\nquite holteve, that our local Cham \"scab intervention by us will be Hongkong newryapet in regard to ussing at the present comment.been due during the years of ing the past few weeks and I de It is the unanimous aginter offer of Commerce, and especially balled with the greatest satiara what they which. (Hear hour). We are sending a telegram in fronble, the rents of discontent not intend to repeat wyself this this Meeting that Brinsh inter-nur Governor and our Chairman, ou by the oppressed and terrorised Indications of disuntion, as the wich we are wearing the func-which this Colony has endured, evening, I should like, noverer, veolica is the\n\narticles dulce, merely give contions of the 17 Government. in Caston would never have been to mention one or two new poluts only effective have done all that possibiv coal pole of Canton.\" method of restoring communies [be dune. Indeed, i believe that thoj We tell the Prime Minister that dense to the other side and truke which we say the Home Govern what it is to-tap. I maintain all which have recurred to me. The tions and trade between Hong-labours of both have been unit at this great masas judiquation meet car battle sil the harder. (AD-rent are totally incapable of doing if the Bolshies bad realised the fire is a very interesting historics! kong, Canton and South Chirie aud ting in our behalf. (Applause). jing we dead immediate and de-plause).\n\ntheir job despite the furt that we firmness of the power of Beitian point which I looked up this after- of preventio tae economic But they have apparently failed fejsive action by the British Govern- Support from Fonchow, Jare told they are brasted by every- they never would have attempted | noon, and it is iu connection with destruction of Hongkang and of and we, the parle of Hongkong, meat, \"Dervind,\" Fix. is a strang The fileman then read the fol-body. We propose to do by to have planted themselves in the what is called the second war of British interests in the Treaty and new asked to cable our case word, Bat, in car gremstances loving telegram, he had received establishing a hickade by navalety of Canton to work their China\" in 1867. The casse Porte of Swatow, Anioy, Foochow | divert to the Prime Ministry who, ant entirely in schord with it. If the Fuochor Chamber of forces of Canton (Bear heart-ruinous tropazendo aguinal ue. that war was as follows: There And South Chura.\n\nhimself a business man, and withiam in aword with the whole of the Commerce: \"We welcome news Does it ever occur to you that' (Applause). As a 27 years real- (Continued on page 11.)\n\nThe Ultimatum.\n\nby\n\nultimatum at once to the Canton\n\nAuthorities.\n\nfrani SARDA\n\n\"ensider neessary.”\n\nhista Chinore\n\nAu-British\n\nHS\n\nDeces\n\nAnd this is the condition\n\nsande\n\nA Policy of Frightfulness.\n\n<\n\nprobably one\n\nטיין\n\ntho\n\n\"Nonsense.\"\n\nTake eivil\n\nyay\n\nthat time it was President Clare-nation, that it is the key to sil\n\nthcit\n\nThe General and Adaurai were la\n\nMr. Bertil Helstrom declared that the Cautog Goverment were\n\nbehind hiding themselves\n\nLae\n\nYo wit-\n\nof\n\nCLEAR OUT THE BOLSHEVISTS.\n\n(Continued from page 10.)\n\nMACAO NOTES.\n\nPORTUGUESE NAVAL FORCES.\n\nOur Con Correspondent.:\n\nwas a certain bost named the Arros comanded by a\n\nBrition captain and menned by a crew ol Chinese which\n\nMacau, Asvist 24.\n\nGuilherme 1veny\n\nCommander was selling in Perras at the Portuguese cruiser\n\nValedictory,\n\nSOUTH CHINA\n\nMORNING POST\n\nCUQUETTING WYIH BOLSHEVISM.\n\nCLARING DISCREPANCUSS AND INCONSISTENCIES.\n\nBg J. R for the\n\nS. C. M. Plat.)\n\nrenk\n\nthenight\n\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926.\n\nBULSHEVISM IN CANTON, OPINION OF THE CHINESS.\n\nNot Mind to the Menace\n\n.\n\núť\n\nIt is a\n\nApes-balipenny stomp\n\nqof the world's richer in tantury and commerce and munstry wil ouer\n\nthe studurls and dissatisfaction, POINTS ABOUT HONGKONG. Jar Jnker i to destruction. Then\n\nwithin lite workers, and clearly! it is the opportunity of the prude\n\nGerezand that the Boishavets -\n\nTHAT YEHEN. tatiane ar wordmen of the world bel\n\ntead o\n\nCover their violation step in ani lake over the govern! Le spirit with the anavarde.\n\nOne frequently copies aerosy & met within every ti\n\nment that strikers have the auto-reference to The noder ermits have resterday. It is apparently a copy or parties they have reasons to op-\n\nTac lowing letter reurbed us inge of refusing service to persons and is is a non praatine, though\n\nHongkong, China, the ordinary way under the werepublics is beer, appointed Con-]\n\ntinue war again unchained an Great of a lever addressed to Han. Mi pore or disagree with.\n\ncantile marine flag. That Bag woa marder in Chief of the Portuguese critical paalysis of Tolcheviniz, matkab Ulustration of the acner!\n\nI make no prebusion of writing a war in Buspe a sroviding a P. D. Holyoak. for it ronds:\n\nan entirely wrong and costly one. to aldress letters in itis Fashion torn down by some Chlaese cffcial Naval Forces in the Far East. pricking all its tabbles of fallacy wf Marx's practition\n\nWe are admit that Bolshevism Hongkong, as is often pointed out and trampler under foot and from The Gift Esues, the Portuguese ami impracticable aspirationa\n\nHengkong. Avgust 25, 1995. At So while wardly. the Boise-Mase Meeting, Hongkong Rederiz. Teking and those in other capitalet at a letter there fan it does To P. H. Holyoak. Esy., Chairman, meurs and that the authorities at British Colony, and it costs no re\n\nwill reapest no diplomatic setite not a part of tha that single treident arose the transport, is due to-gorrow, to be thint I attempt to do within theviste argue, their way in wegent out be-- avcond Chign war, which is vervi followed, i understand, by other scones this series of articles Sa tobali of the workmen, the property i vesidents in Hongkong, we wished with the local situations in Sauch other often referred to as the Arrow war. units of the Portuguese navy.\n\nOur dear Sir--As temporary have but been thoroughly acquaint frein on end of Lepdon to the sonin the misformed with solens clar, the movement in vanity in In connection with that, I might\n\nThe offres of the Naval Foresta pitfalls and spares sufficient a gigantic ble for the emancipatie sure through you our friends out- Chire. say that in those days there were at Mano bave been entertained on\n\ndone the wick Another mistaken to convince the radicais in this por.cf the whole of making Tu vltimate Side Chaton that the people of\n\nCantonese Not Inactive. such things as talograms or several occasione during the past prasnat fer cannot change the car and the catablishment of a gecine of the apperching danger of us to point out again that the thus \"Hong Kong.\" In a letter to suting is the soiting out of the tion of Chins that Reichevism in the action of all cases within romery vangtung bave ust been unaware, Instructions from home, and the law daya in Mace, lo honour of\n\nIt may be of interest to you for nord Hongkong in two syllables- Govamar of is Celery at that a arcival of the Republice.\n\nof contemplary Etical decuracy have been the win this! Boisbevis and have in the last people of Kwangtang are not at all the serve with ference to his time, Sir Jeha Bowring, gave\n\nI dare to main in the Bolsterisw. urier to the then Admiral to gu\n\nWhether the Boltw years repeatedly, unceasingly native to their desire to oust the reatly published book de Luss ahead and the Admite went ahead and kindred services are a lun-damage to Crins, materials and The Siberists lar maintain chat pay all unjust and unreasonable seating inertia has he fored by Mast as read of Leigh and Orange\n\niam can only do a gent deal of izin to do is ezether question.\n\nThe Chater Collection, \"Mr. James Ws are rumurimes inclined to meer cheon in honor of Mr. Meireles exacialks, and cae eomplish unthing tus capitalis have all the advantaxes whenever poscite and, a circonstances they are still unable points our list throughout the book.\n\nagainst ni rafal arts, refusing to from their territory. the thetri at what we call eatly Victorian Vasconcelos, Director of the Trea of constructive value in all ages of anperior education, diei-lehad once, get the Bolshevis arms to overoane, and that, as soon as except for quotations, Hongkong is day Lord Palmerston was then suy, at the Garden of Mr. LaBolleva a contend movenwet plis maitsey elect an every-to me in our earlier struggles necessary and proper arrangementer, 34 cis word, for the panca Prime Minister and his action was Lit-ok who is leaving Macao et ventras a gonerat earth thous at Meir disposal Ther-fore we had not received say arors er are posfected, nonstory stops will mation in the Hongbing Geor challenged in the House of shortly, having been promoted re-¡queto in the political world mans and he weat ic\n\nthe leazsition from Capitaine to material sacncrayanent from vat- be taken to teenvet the power and went Questa of Juan I general į raty re Cape Verde.\n\nelection on that incident, and was) in tog pravicua articles 1 are Comunion acrveserily inside. French Properly At Knuten.\n\nreturned to power with\n\nItoushed but lightly upon a fan of the fierce and hitter struggle të penis,\n\nthe government now surped by a Ex the ne a lugel lette has vast received in mais features relating to the exto come. Anjority. (Applause). Gentle Macao From: Canlon stating that trene doctrine of Bolshevism. Buf\n\nOur poupe of Kwangtung realize arty of Bolabevists who nove of Home.\" men, 1 must admit that i am amazed the students and their friends have cons ook has been braught|\n\nand the Tera is the elose relationship and natual spoble persons inside or questde sed in the colony of and by Tu the Way. that the British Governent has completely creuptut the genusd sur- forth, boyster, to show how Isnn. This was the reason why Lan cach other bewear Piston and Satereat and inter-doprudence on\n\nthe Repair of China recognize. nol yet come to the mist of this rounding the French Cathedral attirely fodifferent the Sasior leaders, and eves serious re- Hongkong, 2e fally content of of Bolshevists in places where for- ing in de colony.\n\nYear Indignation over the acts of the murervus compazzes sziginat local newspapery and in the title Colony, because Mr. Austen Chau Canten. Fais property does not the fundular basis tion, long, chstinate, desper the fact that further delay in the 6' interests as well as Chinese stizer boule a far back as the fire of belong to the Fenet. Mission human justice, bborts, law alte resistance of the exploiters, who return to normal trade wil result are affected and your desire to set nountry generally write Hongkong Fay said that he would not con- s pozerally supposed but is the order, in the buique sat sinister for many yours will Fet enjoy Beant in economie rain in all parts of an early restoration peace and as two sepuute words or connected new spars in his sider any queation in connection property of the French Gorestrment i kuptbody slov bare adsulod te msk.#antage over the exploited, 200- South Chins, are not blind to the dation, and we shall not hesitate to perinces and guts, equally com with the revision of tresties with and the letter expresses much in\n\nshitates the rule Never treachery of Bolshevista taking as you that we are not by any posed of wwe words, and not ? Bolaberian sa wwerapishat fort in\n\ntrade have our sympathy and agure with a hyphen, but ace of Chinese China until the Chinese Govet dignation that this occupation Russia and in the world.\n\nthis explosers spirit to the devi sneller behind the patricting of weans sing in our man and effort writion. mam had taken steps toʻpot au end should be permitted a cantase. I propuse in talt article de cussion of the vaploited myjority with.\n\nstentia on ona or iso other lend at making use of weir advanger to get rid of a curve and danger Kwanz-tung, or Shang-ii, for in ing questions pertain to the Como destinate title on juries hearsing joumakor\n\nurist movement, before pusting con of butle This method Elswrists had promised test ther parts of the world wherever\n\ney (the now cursing not only China but all stan in her articles, to fleeinstate the whokaale slaughter of peklish Coururin. Instead the Bolshevisus rasy he feand.\n\nThe ela of the Treasury at the revolutionary epicís of Polshereevwia can carry out what they fought the by veicing protesta epits and dangers of Rolshesin Crange,who will be amembered cat\n\nto the present aali-foreign aft-\n\ntion and had shows their ability) 21\n\nto enforce law and order and res- set for the treaty rights of the Powera. Well, gentlemen, I ca Daly understand that utterande f Mr. Chamberlain, or Foretgui Secretary to incare that he will inist at the treaty rights of th Powes including the treaty rights George, at present\n\nPRINCE'S PARTNERS.\n\nSEAMENTS DANCE HONOURED\n\nthat even revolatutory grant uns, aliats, acientists and intel-\n\nBY ROYALTY.\n\nTis\n\nRaval\n\nThe Ladies Pleased.\n\nHighness Prince serving OE!\n\nસં\n\nof Great Britain, are observed. Beard. M. S. Hawking\n\nnicht.\"\n\nThe Right iv Trade, Another statement, which shovid\n\nke to evole For 3 Atatement radi\n\nnex\n\nbation\n\nal simul\n\nSince Bolshevism has beende a\n\nthe well-known firm of architects.\n\nAltst\n\nCin\n\nan then Chen\n\ndoes\n\nM: Orange\n\nnot\n\nWOMEN'S FAVOURITES\n\nThousanda\n\naf diveritnating\n\n| vidvas unde of passion, celia and Icausis in Soviet Russis day be geda violence are not cháy incompatible/en they belong to the bennemin Passat propresor, who g all times; world care and is bringing suffer wone favour Finkettes shove all Iwith, but sien me at zereal it. class sul they are what the Itausinn./ institule time individualistio inr to a markand 4 should be other forms of laxelive rasdicipe the Chiapan cekiral and social mini f're on to say \"Telko Meshare clase to every courworwegian. The! Rosiroved sé a commoor enemy tu because they are daniy and finy,\n\nLet us ans for a montat pe B of pagiâniam, Instead they created! and the question of regoring a sanie pleasant attribute. make thi\n\nabout the two halves the\n\n(It's in the way\n\nme no opposition parly is\n\nThe Troia\n\nDictators started with the singa rankind wherever ay be sound. set as gently as deture.\n\na mikiose vilities. They tried to\n\nFastcnd!\n\nAnd the\n\nvince.\n\nameeten the breath, reliese Piles. SANG TAI PI\n\nOr Chemist, cr post free, 60 Representing Trade Maintenance cents the vial, fiber Dr. Williams'\n\nthe Russian Committee\n\nof Kwanglang Pro-Medicine Co. 60 Kiurgse Road,\n\nShanghai.\n\nTerminology. Let us be clear is que mlade, at Sevich Coverment fpican The hes now got before bit: the coasts! Lieutenant. F. N., is entering into Bolszign, about me of its berms railrendy of the country and soil!ead egy paved the way for a bus that of tinnal, poitical or ter-3\n\nath age of our demont ega borist Germans operates the cager war revolution. In ebeny shack nut tonch equally poster with men. Fegulatory which Lave recen3y the fe of a pavai miticer with äi! | sand their meanings have theragh; garettes uz the streets of 47tical renstur in every courtes Levi zitorial isaga or jurisdietic bean premalgeted in Canton, Of the seal and voi comradeship it important to emplaza th's point, The Government publiskan books Capitalista Justead shey used by via the people of Kwangtung are stimulate the vet, increase the To restore tally regularity, to July 15 the Tuted said: \"Tala iza for whuck the senior scrvive shows not a len we still hary regazina clueSYSYFTS\n\nremedy sick Headaches, bilirse at started by Aging dagsint\n\nteing likewise cursed by Golate; canky, vertigo. moment when Britisa noley must noted.\n\nnabilance, take a dear and definite slipe.\n\nAt the Serbu for sale o contasomarine watching with deep interrat the appetite un ald digestion, Pin wesome titres horses, kabels to culliossins capitalists from manner the people of Hongkong kottes are perfection. They keep Saturday 1st, he attended whole of the Coromast uwment, father, angs, tramour lines a firent Brigin and the United Mate will adopt to lessen evils now being the system cisan and cool, clear the thia potey is such that it romance held at the Seamen's menda fisalf to vibes and ledly stitute arranged by the Lower deck je\n\nfnamely, Bolshevism and Conping lies oil lids, fntests and with roses and the weath of a spread by Bolshevists in this part! skin of tiles and inches, 10 eucive corumca actformet of the flagship,\n\nunitark in e werd, the Sovie stie! muck the better. But the epon through the larger part\n\nand stayed Bolabeviam is derived from is a puremanent a well ea cupidavast continook They started be of Fire worldYours respectfully.\n\nof the thevik, meaning the aforisy, in of industry, a benker, and a me sibility for defending the preet and progare. hely by o\n\nsholisking Christianity. means opposition to the caiter saner evolu-chant garbined. Do wot forget that they produced a merkado revival, row seriously threatened British dent in the choosing of part-tionary social parts, the teemast of the and leaders are misber interests in Chixa les Ayst at\n\nof Christianity in His first was Mrs. A. Carsbeviki, mating the misoging, which profesional en foremost on the British Govern-zon, introduced by the M. C., and overdures the Czarist Govery agriculturiste or factory and\n\nfor terhesta, brople cer Mr. R. M. Marks and Mese, and hooome the Berents They con osy wield the dimurtively M. Hart\n\nGovernante Bolshevism enme into per gue and unta, respritčeniy d. norber of tea\" dances were goter in Brasia, thanks to a pecu- The Goverment is andor tic feature of the programme and a combination of cirrowtanens. Soviet Umon, which is dem into these . R. U. etered with during the Great War in Europe. by a \"all opinionated, curgeat: He, Bridgeman, the First Lord enthasian; thus nearly all the Lean did not wriggin surreptitious group of people who conduci dio of the Admiralty, in anewer to a d'en prezent, had the much cavetrain in Decober, 1917, the fate of and pessants\" 1 urte saia in the fanove sealed taimeslip in the name of workers! question in the Hogan of Commons ad bacoor of partering rogalts. Pussis might have been far brighter Theu, there is no party in Sri an August 6th. Mr. Bridgens which was the more gratifyuz in and apper that loviny. said the aircraft carrier Hermes 15at the Penes in not my need trofe of Teuin might well\n\nThe stel Rosie, but lay act of Coni- had been despatchen to Chins and cellent dancer, bar a charming con- compared to Papierna Box, frran tuluraber her aircraft would be utilised fex verszalonalles, putting at ease in which hare bean les loose ste that there is no Parliament Patt It cessarily Follow taining and exercising the paradiately those whom the fortune evile that spread throughout Husin:eally art economically the fovict sonnet of the deer ait erm and, if the \" brought him. necessary, in co-operation with Hia\n\nfor the matter of that, all over the state is shalately anaipotent Majesty's naval and military forces in the resolution cutii bu reconciled\n\nworld, during the past seven seats. for the protection of the lives and that they should demand a cer several messings\n\nCommunism is a word te has\n\nIf you ask the Reds why there! property of British subjects. (A) define polier to be adapted, pivo it: Coronen riskip of prothe Seriet State, Nie auswor\n\nTitively should be such an omniveleace of clause). Well, ladies and gentiang vet at the same me declare paty: the abolition of privale prothéery is somethies, like this:| wen, I think we shall all zgree that that they left it to the discretion porty and state control of labour,ell. e Comumeist mozeworę the most important right of pro-ef the Dome Government as to religion. social elezions. perty widen we have out here in tow they sheall art. He asked sometimes it is need to deste a\n\nest go through twu ktages: the Far East is the right to trade the Chairman whether he would be theory of wciety, much surilar stage, based on the dominance of the (7) brandtiongi, terolatiouns suroth the treaty novia with the willing to modify the resolution 'n that of the exoly Chifiia in slate by the leaders of the working l'enor of Chr. That is a rigut, order that it might be made the which all property is held in class, sch as Rusia is w-day of wennerty far more important than unanimous voice of all preventi\n\nIt is also beef aquony nonsig same other rights of property we that the mantingarnestly dead with Sorialians In the sanac as it\n\n(4) a Communistic, clas-texs hear of, soch as the infringeant that the Goremecut should adopted in Randa. the word suns ponitury of catharity has sunither slag, in which the state as a m of a trade mark. 1 is a mithrona drastic pelley. He believe the work of Marx and Engels, pub Bon the Commanist Manifeabın” times es inaporist as any right of the meeting was entirely unanimous\n\nwhich is the fun! alage.\" a trade mark, and therefore we that they must take steps to tonery amunista regard that afforz\n\nThe writing that I hav The moder revue direct again Bolabeviews cebleed that, in the past, was the Home Government to their Bible, though Lenis kaŭ dezy ought to rely upon ar alle prend and decisiva netten. Nacy, in verionelen with any vil-]\n\naled and bem i's cardinal \"prised and social structure of the atte Visiont changer of ile politi. The Chairman intimated that he tary forces. to protect our very was quite prepared to adopt Mr.\n\nplen\" important lights of trading Men Johnston's view and the resolution\n\nproines vicient reaction, for a ni the Chinese at the resty peris and was therefore amended to read as\n\nrule, according to most auciologists, The fundamentals of Comuni violone social explosion will bring in trading through the weaty parts follows: neordingly the with the interior of Chica. (Ap-cents of this Celory\n\nwere examined by a shout exere har han And The at a great are who predicted that the crn of existing conditione in Mossta nes ikisi plarse) mass indignation macting, demand! Capitalism would crane to an ad by routine evidence of that pat There is juan mie other patio that the British Govarumeat imperson of the very contradictions 2 The \"oike\" the sheald ike to mute batera dietely adapts a drastic policy, as The consian he assigned for ita utitures who guztically deszinat icharvat in the nature of Ospitation ut novior, Komesey Stalin, dawn, and bat la\n\nthis. In the wa vecture to suggest, in the folio marc downfall are briefly these. the policies of the Russia Couperist eat war of 1914-18 Great Bri-ug ultimatum\n\nCepitelism with its hage organist Party, here aiready abandonat notite tain went to war benuste the treaty authorities.\"\n\nthm of sommaren and industry the of the quja \"prikupies” found in rights of Bellam aud been regarde Mr. J. Russel arged that the world user, aiting only at exploits the policies of the Bussian Comp ed as a more scrap of paper. Cap-siculd include in the telegram that tion of inhour, tends to create dis- and the Centrunism of Locin and plause). She railed upon her power abould be given to the local sontent among the proletarians of Proteks. How do we know that inj children at all parts of the world Government to deal with the situs-worker to come and joie to that war andition.\n\nWithin the political morber four years these \"prei slate, the capitalist are so poseifei mor\" may not be changed more and] Hongkong nably responded, (Hear After sotna further discussion with their animation of wealth more under the necessity of leas. Sarom handred men went the resciolion, as amended, was pati sad property that lay are in a pri proinine wish the exigencies of the forth front this Colony, many of to the meeting and carried and time dominate the government and tiran↑ whom made the great sacrifice. loud and prolonged chears. They made the groat sacrifice be Mr. W. A. Doutes, tu appealing utical, and totally destegend the cl This far we have obrered Soviet cause they were a part of the Bri- for enairibations toward the eine reasses of proletarians or Russia coisang of theas dienuator..\n\nsh Empire. They espoused beren suvolved, mentioned that the men de Berbund Rustel pute it\n\ncies; Bonde capitalion sú private! guaarel, and wo are asking Crent telegram would neet $1,200.\n\nnunoactly: Internally, is protects inlordien, bourgonis property- Britain to espouse sur quarvel now. A hearts vote of thanks to the the rich against she poor; oxtarazt ayub g and prival trading, as well (Applause). Surely the British Chairman concluded the meeting is uses tores for the evolaitatiores selling or signing away of mining. Government cannot are this\n\nof interior races, and for ongori concessions and much other right to urgert ery for help which we are The Feuch Police at Shanghai with other Stadoy\" Capitalistic nations sending out. Our need is grogh have succeeded in treshing what ice to Ma. Fussell, he is not a Dol The is no dictatorshie s the and prigent, and bar entre is just, might be called a factory for fabut bevist, he is far too wise a pollon.proletaring at the present, nether (Cheers).\n\n*100*1. The money bas bean diser to accept Bolsbesis was polis there the prospect of the doing\n\nributed largely auungst exchange ical unce\n\naway with the State and the coming! A Slight Amesiment.\n\nshops in the couressions, but follow- 1 Caputzikin or She capitaistic Tow mecasites of Breshevian\n\nof the fren visitly in the fronre The Rev. J. Horace Johnstoning disclosures by the arreated num, state is dovanć w virker sway in As far as the Gevement and ite asid he cosid not personally seentry of the proprietors wee alsoldige encore, bocause the arable of policine are concerned, may best in how the two statements contained' approbeertet for darling in the win. the capitaliste nations for partition summed up in the words of a keenly\n\nresi.\n\n213 the Canion\n\nshe is\n\nKarl Marx.\n\neverything nonamic, social and po-\n\nLo\n\n+ #\n\ne\n\nSi\n\nGillette\n\nMANA\n\nThe Well Groomed Man\n\nIs Properly Shaved\n\nH13 free shows no sign of beard and it is freeotirritations caused hy dull or improperly designed\n\nrazors.\n\nThe Gillette has always been an ac companiment of the well groomed man. Since 1903 its use has 2dicated good judgment--the mauuko appre saics the mumerous refnemesis in nazor construction which have made\n\nCilenc shave superior to sng whee\n\nThe New\n\nImproved\n\nThe New Improved Gillette does not siog with bair and lather. The blude is placed in exactly the correct position fo cut the hair evenly and level with the surface of the skin. And, finally, the blade is held so it does not vibrate and rerepe the skin.\n\nThese are the reasons why more than 3,000,000 have already bought the Now Jumpraved Giliette. You won't kann sitovi-gconfort until you ownone.\n\nbur aule at all good skaps\n\nBuren wện MULLER A PITIPPA! Limited Mesas Weltban, lions Anes,\n\nGillette\n\nSAFETY RAZOR\n\nMade in Most U.S. A by the Gillette Safety Ruzor Company\n\nPage 10\n\nPage 11\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST\n\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925",
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        "content_text": "# 1927\n30073\n**CLOSED UNTIL**\n## HONG KONG\n`co129/503/6`\n### Schoolmasters\n30073\n| Previous | Subsequent |\n|----------|------------|\n|          | `52939/28. Harriage` |\n|          | `5.831/28` |\n|          | `31 C Restuction` |\n\n## FILE A\n`(16621)`\nVacancies for - W1, `15126-18` 25,000 in 4 sorts `10/32 F. St. G. 101/32 B`",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n1. I love bonfires.\n\n22 Dec 1926\n\nProvision has been made for increase of masters. Requests steps be taken for early filling of posts.\n\n(200. 20112/20)\n(900. 18445/20)\n\n(a) It is curious that in para 3 of end. They say will be provided for.\n\nThe more since that passage refers to wife & family.\n\n900/5570/26 (to which Gov. invites ref. as to the required qualifications) Gov. repeated Statement that Sin R. E. Stubbs frequently re-iterated.\n\nThe salaries offered are not enough for masters to live on, they must be bachelors while on probation. The revised salary scheme (Not in 400/F. 16211/26) does not bring improvement until the £400 - £20-£600 stage of the scale; & moreover, men's increases involve modifications in exchange compensation arrangements, which had been the subject of correspondence before this despatch.\n\nOn the other hand, the para states that rent allowance will ordinarily be granted to officers on probation while they are under agreement. Sin R. E. Stubbs had such agreement; state of uppt. of land remains on prob... \n\nwas omitted from the revised edition.\n\n9.0.109 refers to the allowance.",
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        "content_text": "## \nGf. Gor./33641/25 implant that Current suis para. it is underlined in memo. appts. branch. detement it's fobbed the issued by the Cit: & om pp.) other (No 7.0 on F.16211/26) The post this be cleaned up. (it auss in the partie Case s on Gilbert 1472 Appl.) I submit or. tel. for Conson (2) In Gov. 33641/25 Gov. laid such emphasi cams being juveis full inform ation B rent that current A faish full give allowances, ence. the with the of is therefore semprising that he ist now satisfied rather mehgre 4 aurent The f I annex new 5.0. allowances anangement with copy of fresh summary to manters a note of well to mitigalt the F L Cay & rent I the supplementar siffienter of remittances. unfortunate trat There new edition of the It is has recently beem Capt. Newbols will no doubt to it is Consider whither necessay sas. whether is reply to to name yet another, wait foo it is decided fresh edition, wait for reply herewith. to tel. submitted Dep. I 25/1 of proceed with we had however better \n\n## Reconstructed Text\n\nGf. Gor./33641/25 implies that the current suis para. is underlined in the memo. Appts. Branch detement states it's fobbed the issued by the Cit: & om (pp.). Other (No 7.0 on F.16211/26) \n\nThe post in question needs to be cleaned up. (It auss in the partie Case s on Gilbert 1472 Appl.) I submit or. tel. for Conson (2) \n\nIn Gov. 33641/25, Gov. laid such emphasis on claims being juvenile's full information B rent that current A faish full give allowances, ence. It is therefore surprising that he is now satisfied with rather meagre 4 aurent allowances. \n\nThe f... I annex a new 5.0. allowances arrangement with a copy of a fresh summary to matters, a note of which will help mitigate the F L Cay & rent. I think the supplemental siffienter of remittances is unfortunate trat... \n\nThere is a new edition of the ... It is has recently been issued by Capt. Newbols, which will no doubt ... It is considered whether necessay sas... whether it is a reply to ... to name yet another, we should wait foo... It is decided to wait for a reply herewith to the tel. submitted Dep. I 25/1 of ... proceed with ... we had however better ...",
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        "content_text": "## \n(3) The 1927 Estimates have now been approved. 4 Appts. Branch note the additional 4 vacancies as well as the Eur. to be recruited. Sh. accordingly to the type of man desired to Capt. Newholl. [I have sent with the copy of the sas. Lemani file] 4 new vacancies noted.\n\n102 (Perhaps matter?) 7. Passing 9/2/27. 12912 ought to have a r.f., though it doesn't unde... I think the fresh edition of the memo might wait for the present. It is, incidentally, becoming lengthy & intricate re: position of a somewhat \"essential particulars of the post;\" but then I suppose Ak. is an intricate face!\n\nMNabal 7 I Gov. Tal 12 Iben.\n\nWe are doing it to 19.2.27. to D. Grafford.\n\n* 15 Feby 1924\n\nPlease interview & if satisfactory offer appr? You will invite him to apply (if he was not already one so) Jo 18/2/27.",
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        "content_text": "## Gov te \nwithout \n\n10 March 1924. \n\nSalary insufficient for married man private means.\n\nCupt Newbo \n\n(1) To note. \n\n(2) Revised oft copy be Comm now. If shad. be dated March 1927, plaus shi's file. `1472 Appt` definitely ruled out.\n\n(3) on Gilbert in he hereby.\n\n(4). Gov. Sho. now be sold in to Ever. tel f 22/x1, that You. F. `16211/26`. (not mi (undle).\n\naddress jmen not not recom & that it had therefore been found possible any further action in regns & that a favourable mem'. \n\nIf the oft. man' is now on Gilbert in manner case did not in pressin). all an fait, perhaps you wo kindly pass it on to CD. asking that 100 copies may to me alto (m).\n\nAnd after a actio you create Ish? rather like [if this Desp. sus. We any] in is added that M. Ewart's mommend\" Cannot clergys KN my will J. Pussein 01/5 this to go in, to show you, be salied be sent to me ? will reture 1. Gilbert to for a disposal? At Newboll 11 3 27.\n\n5 To Ser. Conf — 17 192 \n\nWe have disposed of J. Gilbert's case at me 9/5-653.",
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        "content_text": "## Gw Tel \n\n7. \n\n**Action** being taken on appes. paper. `1015727` \n(Jumishes address / Hopkins) \n\n1 \n\nMr. Mater \n\nYou Then we should start a paper for H. Hopkins, to him as Gur Comf we did in the first instance to Mid Trafford. RN. 12 Sataee. `12/5727` \n(Casks for informater refilling \nFumishes obsons) \n\ni Capt: Verboit ? any obsons. (I don't like the time of minder to umme of this derp., but their impressin * vice appli. file below. thout you are Stu t not marking sufficiently efforts to find to reply fairly fully. from be desciable We can deal al the the Hopkins affain & норки виво яке with Summe Traine) J. Cassin 4/2 with HK, In matters good rolment I fear that our 'rapport\" is not One as? Like, am sorry that Sir C. I made the most could forstinty of a talle Clament; could not be present at the Colonial Conference. with Mr. the cElderry recently but he is not much concerned will the Education Dath of this Colony. This despatch barely conceals the Exasperation",
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        "content_text": "## A \nA language mastery which is naturally felt by those in HK. whom the existing shortage of teachers directly affects. I feel great sympathy with them in this trying situation that we have not succeeded in doing better by them than we have. But, being woefully ignorant of what efforts have been made at this end to obtain candidates, it was surely a mistake - one which I rather hope may not be allowed just to pass - on the gov's part to sanction the sentence beginning. \"I am forced to conclude that...\".\n\nThe pp. appear to have a history of resistance. I think something occurred as follows: \nIn July 1923, `7821/23` Wallington Hamilton noted the change over from recruitment of Council School type of Teachers selected by the B.oE. to Public School - university type of teachers to be selected. \nThere were 7 vacancies, and by January 1925 we had filled 5th of them (actually Thomas selected 4 others who withdrew or resigned). \nThe selected candidates were Tolley, Richmond, Braunston, Cook, Walker, Skiar, and O'Connor. \nThen all recruitment was cancelled owing to political events in HK.\n\nWe received a fresh demand in the early part of 1926 for 5 Grant-in-aid Masters. These vacancies were circulated to all the appts. Univs. with which we keep liaison and were also advertised in the Press in conjunction with the new vacancies for European Masters in Malaya. The Press advert. produced 251 applications. \nThese were narrowed down to 16 \"concrivels\" and 2 \"possibles\", a classification which received Mr. Winstedt's hearty approval when he was shown them. Very few candidates came forward from...",
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        "content_text": "# The Univ. Apps Bounds.\n\nThen Mr. Orme arrived on the scene by arrangement with both he and Dr Winstedt paid special recruiting visits to Oxford and Cambridge. They produced 3 new cands, but one was a non-starter. We went very thoroughly into the whole position with Mr Orme. See Major Furse's minute on `52222 Apply 5.5.26` and also Mr. Orme's letter to us on the same paper `717.526/7`.\n\nIn June - July 1926 we filled 2 places, both Science men, we stuck to them in spite of whipping up sorry candidates. In January 1927, we selected 2 further men were of whom one withdrew.\n\nIn February 1927, we received fresh demand for 4 more masters so that at the moment there are 6 vacancies unfilled. The Gov. recommended 3 men from his list (as stated in this despatch), but 2 were found to be unsuitable and the third is untraceable.\n\nNow, apart from what is contained above, the answer to the Gov's despatch can be summarised as follows:\n\n1. Although the fairly recent raising of the salary scale was welcome, it has made singularly little difference to recruitment, though candidates have explained it verbally appeared but little affected.\n\n2. The role that may not be filled for years is not undoubtedly a factor that militates seriously against recruitment. See minutes on `33641(25)`.",
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        "content_text": "3. There is a limited supply of men in HK of the type we are trying to get, and this supply is made up of (a) those whose parents, apparently as a consequence of the war, will not allow them to go abroad; (b) those who, in these days, have not themselves any spirit of adventure, but who now, in increasing numbers, prefer the attraction of commercial appointments, for which there are nowadays any number of opportunities. See `C.5570`. (c) those who will only consider almost any appointment other than one in HK (or Malaya).\n\n4. As regards (c) above, the greater attractions of service in tropical Africa should be mentioned as one of the most important points.\n\n5. But personally, I have formed the conclusion that it is the great distance from home, combined with ignorance of conditions in remote Chinese populations, that most deters candidates. \"Banishment!\" is the feeling at the other end.\n\n6. There is also the present \"uncertainty hanging over the situation in China\" to which the Y[our] Ref[erence] refers, which has influenced 3 possible candidates, to my knowledge, and have influenced many quite subsidiary to 5 above. A fear, of course, of \"it\" as regards one's personal safety. But I hope it will be pointed out to the Y[our] Ref[erence] that his accusations in the matter of publicizing exactly accord with the facts. These are *in 1926 as many as 103 were appointed to the Cadre Services Trop Africa, and over 60 to the various Educ[ational] Depts in Trop[ical] Africa!*",
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        "content_text": "# This is a reference to an advertisement for \nmistresses at and of Para. I of this duplicate \nonly shows, of course, how ignorant they are of the whole \nposition.\n\nSu also \nPara. 2 of Comp. dupl. in `5570/26`!\n\n... ways \nand \nwill \nfor the satisfaction of \nIth. \n1883. \nTried without \nsuccess \ncandidates: \nmethods of obtaining candidates \n(a) Advertisement in the Press. \n(b) Scholastic agents \n(c) Liaison \n- for as possible of a personal kind \nwith the Supply Boards, dons, tutors etc. of the leading \nUniversities \nand with the Headmasters \nof the leading \nPublic Schools \n(not to \ngo into details here) \nmay \nventure to say, \n(d) whereas this method has, I think, \nproved not unsuccessful in the case of African applicants \n(and others not in tk.).\n\nIt is the \none \nwants of getting the right folk; the difficulty is to \npersuade them to look at HK. (or Malaya). However, perhaps Sir C. Clementi \nand his secretariat \nwill peruse Major Tudor's paper prepared for the \nCO Conference.\n\n8. I suggest \nthat \ncopies of Mr Orme's letter (down to the word 'Stop') might be sent to tk. for information.\n\nAs regards Mr. Hopkins, the answer is that when we were told by Gov. that his address was Oxford County School we naturally did not question it but wrote to that address. Similarly \non receiving \na revised \naddress from Gov., \nwe wrote there \ntwice. As both the last 2 letters have returned through the post \nwe can only assume Mr Hopkins does not wish to \nreply or apply to the Principal.\n\nSecondary \nSchool department will \nundertake it if it is considered worth while canvassing this have \nany \nprospects offor the future.\n\nApologies for the length of this minute, which has not \nbeen seen by \nMr. J. Hopkins.\n\nPage 10\nPage 11",
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        "content_text": "## Mr. Beckett. \n## Mr. Ellis \n12 \n\nPlease see Captain Newbolt's minute. I too heartily sympathise with the exasperation which the Governor's despatch reveals. It is, however, largely due to the ignorance which the Colonial Conference gave us such an excellent opportunity of clearing up with the representatives who attended it. As Sir C. Clements Mark was not present, I think it would be well worth while to send him a full and friendly despatch explaining the position at our end on the lines of Captain Newbolt's minute. I fully endorse what Captain Newbolt says, and might add that knowing what an amount of personal trouble these vacancies have caused him, I feel he has, if anything, more reason to show exasperation (which he does not) than the Governor has.\n\n(2) With regard to the last sentence of Captain Newbolt's minute, I also had a talk with Mr. McElderry during the Conference, and I think that after he had seen Captain Newbolt and myself, he obtained a pretty clear idea of the difficulties and saw that we had done what could reasonably be expected of us.\n\nI may repeat what I said to him regarding my views as to the best means of improving matters. The main points were these:- \n\n(a) That the recruitment and training of Educational officers for Hong Kong might be improved, if educational matters in Hong Kong were added to the province of the",
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        "content_text": "## Advisory Committee on Native Education\n\nInter alia, the effect of this would be that various important educational authorities in this country would come to take a definite interest in Hong Kong education and would speak of it to others outside.\n\n(6) That the Hong Kong Government should select an officer of experience and of the right personal stamp, who had retired, or was going to be in this country for some time at any rate, and who knew what was wanted in Hong Kong and the conditions of life and service; and that he should co-operate with me in getting one or two selected people at each of the big Universities definitely interested in helping Education in Hong Kong, so far as we were concerned particularly by looking out for promising men whom they would recommend to apply for appointments leaving the Universities.\n\nI said that I thought it might or might not be necessary to improve the financial and other material attractions of the Service, and, provided that these were reasonably important, I thought that the best chance of assuring a supply of good candidates would be to call the attention of selected men to the great opportunities of interesting work and experience which they might obtain by contact with Chinese civilisation, and of the good effect which they might have if their teaching was on sound lines.\n\n(c) I also told Mr. McElderry that, as I had previously stated to the Native Advisory Committee with reference to Africa, I considered that under existing conditions it would be impossible to secure a sufficient number of Educational candidates for the Colonial Service if we made the possession of a Diploma of Education, or of previous teaching experience,",
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        "content_text": "## \n14 \n-2- \n\nsine quâ non of appointment. \n\nIt was true that a proportion of such men might be obtained in each year, but that for the majority of our appointments we must rely on securing raw material, i.e., on taking young men of good stamp and education as soon as they got their Degrees. \n\nThese men must either be sent out to obtain their experience in the Department or if it was considered necessary that they should have training in Educational matters, etc., such training must be given them here at the expense of the Government which was going to use them. This view has, I understand, been accepted by the Native Advisory Committee, so far as Africa is concerned, and it is this type of man whom we are mainly recruiting for the African Educational Departments.\n\nSo far as I could see, Mr. McElderry agreed with all my suggestions. I asked him if he could think of a suitable man to co-operate with me. He said that personally, although he was my brother-in-law, he could not think of anyone better than Mr. Keen. He is rather \"cranky\". \n\nA. Orme. I do not know what view the Far Eastern Department or the Governor would have on this point, but I do lay stress on the importance of obtaining a man of the right personal stamp. So far as I know, the majority of the older members of the Educational Department in Hong Kong are not of the stamp which is now required, and it would do more harm than good if they were put into contact with University authorities in this country; but there may, of course, be exceptions whom I do not know.\n\n(3.) With regard to the points of Captain",
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        "content_text": "## Co. 38, para 13\n\nI may say as Newbolt's minute, I only wish to add two things:\n\n(a) With regard to the use of advertisement in the press, I would refer to my Memoranda to the Conference on \"Recruitment\". Press advertisement is a valuable means of securing candidates for certain classes of appointment. For others, it has been found to be a pure waste of time and money. Our exhausted attempts to advertise these vacancies and those of Malaya have proved that advertisement is worse than useless so far as they are concerned. We have found this to be the case with most Educational appointments, except where a post is a particularly good and well-paid one, or where it is of such a specialised nature that we are only likely to find a man if we attract the attention of one who is already holding a similar appointment and would therefore not normally be in touch with any agencies such as University Appointments Boards. I might add that at least one Headmaster of a big Public School has told me that he has had exactly the same experience as we have regarding the value of Press advertisement in securing staff.\n\n(b) I would call particular attention to Paras. 2 and 5 in Captain Newbolt's minute. I fully endorse what he says as to both, and if I remember right, the points he makes in 5 were strongly endorsed as regards all appointments in Malaya by Mr. Marriott and Dr. Winstedt during the discussion which Mr. Ellis and I had with them over the failure of recruitment for the Cadet Service.",
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        "content_text": "## \nI have no doubt in my own mind that the Short Tours and the comparative absence of restrictions as to marriage in Tropical Africa have a great deal to do with the marked preference shown for these Colonies by candidates of the right stamp over appointments in the Far East.\n\n(4)? Reply in a full and friendly despatch to the Governor on the lines of Captain Newbolt's minute, adding what I have said as to the possibility of interesting University authorities and asking them if they could recommend some one to co-operate with me in this matter.\n\nI hope also that occasion will be found to show the Governor that the sentence referred to in Captain Newbolt's minute was unjustifiable.\n\n14th July 1927",
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        "content_text": "## 8 a Color 3pm \n\n17 持 \n\n8. Gw 294 \n\n(Submits alternative draft \n\n7 \n\nmemorandum \n\n(amendments) \n\n? PS After may \n\n1816/27 \n\n11/7/27 \n\nlike one chi \n\nbefore draft, on \n\nNo.7 is \n\namended. \n\nJo \n\namendment \n\n29/7/27 \n\n? any \n\nI must confess that such alterations as \nsuggested do not seem to me to make \nany material differences as regards \nthe draft being an accurate picture of \nconditions. \n\nI have pencilled in the main changes \nsuggested, if you agree to them. You \nwill see that there are some amendments \nengrafted which I have queried.\n\nI suggest that we should get off the despatch proposed \non No. 7 first, then have a draft of our memorandum.\n\n5-8-27. \n5 o'clock.",
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        "content_text": "## 30c73/27 Hong Kong.\n\nMajor target: Captain Newbolt. 18 Пoraкий (sic)\n\nMr. Clutterbuck handed this draft despatch to Hong Kong to me as he was unable to find time to deal with it. I regret that I too have been unable to deal with it sooner.\n\nThe delay has been partly due to certain qualms which I have felt at writing to Hong Kong on the general lines of the first half of the draft. I agree that if the Governor is to be given a reasoned account of our failure to recruit schoolmasters, it is necessary to say something on these lines; On the other hand, so far as I am aware, there is no general feeling in Hong Kong itself of excessive isolation, of excessive remoteness from this country, or of excessively long tours of service, though there are some indications that ideas of this sort are germinating. Briefly, my point is that it is not desirable in a despatch which will be seen by a fairly large number of officers in Hong Kong to say anything which will lead the Hong Kong Service to regard itself as a service of martyrs in these respects.\n\nI have accordingly tried hard to find a way out of the dilemma, but I must admit that I have not succeeded.\n\nPerhaps my modification of paragraph 8(3) will be of some assistance, and it does not really weaken the despatch, because the comparative length of tour is referred to in paragraph 8(5), and the question of salary is dealt with in paragraph 9.",
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        "content_text": "I think the point I love is that the starting salary stated in our p. of p., does not look attractive as compared with the African scales.\n\nThis is important.\n\nI have also discussed with Major Furse, and subsequently with you, his suggestions for amplifying the opening sentence of paragraph 9 as to the financial aspects. You are aware that the Hong Kong Government considers even the commencing salary as fully adequate to enable an unmarried man to live a reasonable life, and either to save money or else indulge in very much more expensive recreations than he could hope to indulge in in England. Moreover, the Time Scale runs from £400 to £800 and there are higher appointments on a scale of £850 to £1100. I think you agree that these salaries ought to be sufficiently attractive (even when expressed in sterling) to a young man completing his course at 21 or 22 years old.\n\nI pointed out to you, moreover, that the scheme for the local payment in dollars of these sterling salaries really amounts to officers receiving the equivalent (at current rates of exchange) of very much higher sterling salaries, and that the comparative lack of attraction of the Hong Kong scales on paper was no doubt largely due to the failure on the part of candidates to realise the actual facts of the case. For example, the rate of exchange is at present about 2/s. to the dollar and, in accordance with the exchange scheme, the commencing salary of £400 is represented by a local payment of $4,800.",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nB \n\nPerhaps you will help me have a clear understanding of the existing situation for this purpose. \n\nHerewith `AIN` and `AZN`. \n\n$4,800, i.e., the equivalent at the current rate of exchange of £480. Similarly, of course, for all salaries up the Time Scale and above. \n\nYou agreed that what is really required is some means of bringing these facts before candidates in a form which they will understand. I will turn my hand to this in connection with the revised memorandum which you are going to get out as a result of No.8 on the file. I understand that in the circumstances, you will secondingly agree that it will probably be sufficient to amplify the opening sentence of paragraph 9 on the lines suggested in the slip now attached to the draft. \n\nAnother point on which I have hardly known what to say was that raised in paragraph 8(4); but I presume that that question can now be regarded as settled by the decision on `28179/27` Straits, which I have attempted to embody (with an amplification) in the slip pinned to that paragraph. You will also see that in paragraph 16, I have suggested the possibility of compiling an illustrated pamphlet on the lines of the one that is now being prepared in connection with appointments in Malaya. \n\nI am sorry that my prolonged cogitation on this draft has not produced more striking results, but I am afraid the few suggestions I have made have exhausted my capacity. \n\nIf paras 8(4) & 16 are accepted, they will be noted in Appt Branch and wish to be notified.\n\nPage 20\nPage 21",
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        "content_text": "to be prepared, \n\n9 (16) suggestion for necessary \n\naction when the Malayan \n\npamphlet \"We \n\nAre\" is completed & issued, \n\nfor sure.\n\nJasna \n\n28/9/27 \n\nindebted to Mr. Parkin for the trouble he has taken with this despatch. \n\nWe should clearly have \n\nLoo's revised edition \n\nin q.p., which perhaps he will be good enough to put into shape for us. Copies here.\n\nR.N. \n\n30.9.27.\n\nIsten \n\n3.X-27 \n\nIn order not to delay this ofr. desp., \n\nretaining the dupl. \n\nNo.8, and \n\nthe compilation memo. \n\nfor M-24 \n\n.8, a copies of the annex memo. \n\n& will proceed with \n\nrevised ofr. \n\nApts Branch.\n\nreturned \n\nAmer... me that \n\n\" This ... fill the. \n\nto be revised \n\n... nde \n\nPamphlet ... gr. \n\nhowever be \n\nDesp. has \n\n... with it. \n\nwhen \n\nJ \n\nCause \n\nFeat \n\nParkin \n\n4/x.\n\nI would draw ... attention",
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        "content_text": "attention to par 8(4) as to 22 Moviegoers. The Straits decision is not regarded as a ground ruling to the military by corresponding consideration of propagandist drafts, but I think it my stand per H. Mary. Abort. for 8/8. as to the head of the wharf (successor Dept.). Motion it refers to Mr. Ormond Jones: Jones' views.\n\nOf course Govt. are rightly firm to forbid cars on a \"safe\" man's path of hiring as Precedent Section because the views taken education min. to be apt to be more advanced than those of the Govt. Purchase mar.\n\nWe are collecting material for a comprehensive decision on the Marriage bar question. \n\nHG. 10.10.20",
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        "content_text": "23\n\n**Sir G. Grindle**\n\nMr. Paskin spoke to me about this and got Mr. Newbolt to send over the letter from the Crown Agents of which he had recently heard, bearing on the marriage question. The letter is No. 3 in file `30185` flagged below. It would appear that paragraph 8(4) of this draft will have to be amended, possibly the revised paragraph which I have drafted and enclose would do. I refer this to you direct in order to save a certain amount of time as so many different people were concerned in the original draft.\n\nSem  \n21/10/27\n\nIr. Bushe  \nWhat do you say to the doctrine? Could not the legal difficulty be avoided by making single blessedness a condition of the appointment?\n\n22.10.27\n\nS.S  \nA contract in restraint of marriage is illegal and void as being contrary to public policy.",
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        "content_text": "24\n\nNoted in Precedent Book.\n\nThere is no objection to only appointing single men, but any promise by them to remain single or not to marry (it does not matter which way you put it) would be void. In the case of an ordinary employer, this would mean that, if an employee disregarded the promise, he would not have committed a breach entitling his employer to dismiss him. In the case of the Crown, no reasons for dismissal are necessary in law; and in equity, it may be that such a course would not be unreasonable where the officers had accepted their appointments on a clear understanding of the requirements in question.\n\n25/0\n\nThen let's have a fresh draft embodying the new (old one) para. Let it go through.\n\nMr. Treshe to draft. Wilson\n\n100  \n1192  \n9 to So. bory (2)  \nMajor Kurse  \nCapt Newboll  \ntoser.\n\nG.E  \n27.10.2  \n15 NOV 1927",
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        "content_text": "## \n30097/27 \n\nA \n\ndraft for Mr. Nartott. \n\nMr. Parker has handed me these papers and asked me to draft the reply as he has not time to undertake the normal work of reference to him. You will see from your draft of 26/10 that, with the exception of those irritations, he appears to agree with the views contained in Eastern Print No.12 and has therefore endorsed the explanation as to the burden on a tort. Anatott wants allowances made in the office.\n\nI think the theme for the cost of salaries is associated with the point in para 12. It means that when presented with figures shown in the Govt's desp. of 18th June (here 8 paras), it is not normally necessary to go into the details of the scheme, which depend on the exchange rate of the local currency. At a pretty constant exchange rate, it is obvious what the starting salary represents in sterling when the temporary allowance is added to the consideration.\n\n9/12. I agree generally. As regards A, I am afraid the facts are that one cannot expect candidates to appreciate the position for themselves unless the simplest facts are put right in front of their noses, as in M. Parkin's minute of 28.9.27. I think it would be a good idea to set out in plain language, with examples in brackets, what the salary represents in sterling. For example, £400 at the current rate of exchange = £480. 14/2.\n\nPerhaps you will kindly add this, after which a fair copy of the letter can be struck off.\n\n(Many thanks for all the trouble you have taken)\n\nRoboll \n13/12/27",
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        "content_text": "# MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE USUAL TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF ASSISTANT MASTERS IN THE HONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.\n\n## Qualifications.\n\nEducation at a Public School, good Grammar School, or similar Institution, and a Degree or good record at a British University. It is an advantage to a candidate to have had Teaching Experience or to possess a recognised Diploma in Education. It is desirable that Candidates should be unmarried, and, if appointed, they would be well advised not to marry during their first tour of service unless possessed of private means.\n\n## Duties.\n\nTo teach ordinary form subjects (including Mathematics). Some masters are required to teach Chemistry and Physics up to London Matriculation Standard. The pupils are Chinese except at one British and one Indian school.\n\n## Emoluments.\n\nAssistant Masters are appointed on a three years' agreement on a salary of £400 for the 1st, £420 for the 2nd, and £440 for the 3rd year. The currency of Hong Kong is based on the silver dollar. For purposes of local payment, salaries fixed in sterling are converted into dollars at a rate fixed by the Government. The rate is at present 2/- 1, but is liable to alteration. A strictly temporary allowance is also granted at present, based on the average exchange value.",
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        "content_text": "28 \n\nvalue of the dollar with sterling. This allowance \nis on the following scale:- \n\n| When exchange is | Allowance per cent on salary is |\n| --- | --- |\n| at or over 4/4 | 0 |\n| 4/- and below 4/4 | 4/- |\n| 3/8 and below 3/4 | 9 |\n| 3/4 and below 3/- | 12 |\n| 3/- and below 2/8 | 15 |\n| 2/8 and below 2/6 | 18 |\n| At or below 2/6 | 20 |\n\nN.B. The current rate of exchange in Hong Kong \ncan be found in the chief Daily papers. \n\nA monthly deduction of 4% is made as a contribution \ntowards Widows and Orphans' Pensions. \n\nA Master whose services during his initial three \nyears agreement has been completely satisfactory \nwill, subject to the exigencies of the service and \na certificate of medical fitness, on the expiration \nof that period be placed on the permanent and \npensionable establishment, his service under \nagreement being reckoned as continuous for pension. \n\nWhen a Master is placed on the permanent \nestablishment he receives salary at the rate of \n£460 a year, rising by annual increments of £20 to \n£600 a year, and thereafter, subject to an efficiency \nbar, at the rate of £625 a year, rising by annual \nincrements of £25 to £800 a year. \n\nThere are also several special higher \nappointments on a scale of £850 to £1,100. \n\nAssistant Masters may undertake private \ntuition subject to the permission of the Director \nof Education.\n\n**GOVERNMENT**",
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        "content_text": "## GOVERNMENT QUARTERS AND RENT ALLOWANCES\n\nFree Quarters are not provided.\n\nThe following is a summary of the regulations in regard to rent allowances and lodging allowances in the case of officers not entitled to free quarters.\n\n(a) An officer who occupies quarters supplied by Government pays rent for such quarters at the rate of 6 per cent. or 7 per cent. of his salary according as the quarters are unfurnished or furnished.\n\n(b) Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allotted Government quarters for his sole occupancy.\n\n(c) An officer not entitled to free quarters residing with an officer entitled to free quarters in such quarters shall pay rent at the rate of 3 per cent. of his salary.\n\n(d) When more than one officer occupies Government quarters the total rental charged is 6 per cent. or 7 per cent. (as the case may be) of the salary of the highest paid officer only.\n\n(e) An officer who refuses to occupy Government quarters when allotted to him forfeits his claim to rent allowance or lodging allowance.\n\nIf Government quarters are not available, an officer who rents a \"tenement\" with the permission of Government receives as rent allowance the difference between 6 per cent. of his salary and the sum of the rent and taxes payable in respect of the unfurnished tenement. For the purpose of this regulation the maximum rental inclusive of taxes which is recognised by the Government in the case of an officer whose salary does not exceed £600 is $150 a month.\n\nOrdinarily an unmarried officer will not be allowed...",
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        "content_text": "## Passages. \n## Salary on Voyage. \n## Leave. \n## Pensions.\n\nAn officer is allowed a rent allowance as the sole tenant of a rented tenement. Only one rent allowance is payable in respect of any tenement. An officer who, with the permission of the Colonial Secretary, does not reside in Government quarters or in a tenement in respect of which a rent allowance is payable receives a lodging allowance as follows:-\n(a) If married, 15 per cent. of his salary subject to a maximum of $100 a month.\n(b) If unmarried, 7 per cent of his salary subject to a maximum of $50 a month.\n\nAn officer is provided with a free First Class passage on first appointment. If his agreement is not renewed upon its expiration a return passage will be provided.\n\nAn officer will receive half-pay at £1 $10 for the period of the voyage to Hong Kong and if his service is not continued after the expiration of his agreement he will receive half-pay (at current rate) for the period of the voyage home.\n\nAn educational officer on a three years' agreement is not ordinarily eligible for leave apart from school vacation but after four years resident service is eligible for 8 months' leave on full pay and a free return passage.\n\nThe present rule as to superannuation is that, in the case of ill-health, an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on a pension.\n\nPage 30\nPage 31",
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        "content_text": "## Climate. \n## Clothing. \n## Cost of Living etc.\n\nOn a pension after ten years' continuous service; otherwise he must have attained the age of 55. \n\nFor ten full years' service and upwards, one seven-hundred-and-twentieth of the annual salary of the retiring officer for each completed month of service may be awarded, together with an addition of five sixtieths of such salary, provided that the total pension shall not exceed forty sixtieths of such salary. No pension may exceed £1,300 per annum. \n\nFor pension purposes, leave on full pay counts as full service, and leave on half pay as half service.\n\nThe winter climate of Hong Kong is usually dry and bright, with a keen North wind when the Monsoon is strong. \n\nThe summer climate is hot and somewhat damp, but not actually unhealthy. \n\nWinter clothing should be obtained from home and should be such as could be worn on a mild winter day at home. Many people feel the cold of a Hong Kong winter almost as much as at home. Summer clothing should be obtained in the Colony where it is fairly cheap.\n\nIt is impossible to give a satisfactory estimate of the cost of living in Hong Kong, because so much depends upon the tastes and habits of the individual. But the following information is taken from a Handbook on conditions and cost of living in Hong Kong compiled by the Colonial Government from records up to 1925:- \n\n\"The",
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        "content_text": "32\n\n\"The Cost of hotel accommodation for a single person varies from $145 to $250 a month, not inclusive of drinks, electric fans and fires. The rates of a married couple would probably be from $240 to $500 a month.\n\nBoarding House accommodation for a single person may be put at $125 to $200 a month; for married couples, perhaps $200 to $400 a month.\n\nWages of Native servants vary from $12 to $30 a month.\n\n## \n\nOther expenses would include laundry (say $10 a month), transport (say $15 a month), and holidays spent outside the Colony etc.\n\nThe entrance fees to the best social club in Hong Kong, a good golf club and the best cricket club amount in all to about $150. Club subscriptions to about $20 a month.\n\nAttendant expenses, especially in the case of golf, are likely to involve a considerable addition to this sum. Other clubs such as the yacht club and the polo club, are cheap of their kind, but must be regarded as expensive luxuries.\n\nBut it must be borne in mind that there is at present no Income Tax in the Colony and there are no rates or taxes in the usual English sense.\n\nOn the whole it may be said that an unmarried master on a three years' agreement can save money if he wishes to do so, and still live on a scale which would probably content him at home.\n\nSchool holidays in Hong Kong give special facilities for visiting neighbouring countries.\n\nJapan",
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        "content_text": "## \nJapan, North and South China, Indo-China, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippine Islands are all within reach at a cost which should be within the officer's means.\n\nBut it would be extremely difficult for a married master to live on the salary offered during the first few years of service in Hong Kong, and it is considered advisable that officers would be well advised not to marry during their first tour of service unless possessed of private means.\n\nOfficers should be unmarried and should remain so until placed on the pensionable establishment.\n\n### \nColonial Office, December/March 1927.",
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        "content_text": "# **MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE USUAL TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF ASSISTANT MASTERS IN THE HONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.**\n\n## Qualifications.\n\nEducation at a Public School, good Grammar School, or similar Institution, and a Degree or good record at a British University. It is an advantage to a candidate to have had Teaching Experience or to possess a recognised Diploma in Education. Candidates should be unmarried, and, if appointed, are expected to remain unmarried for the first few years of their service.\n\n## Duties.\n\nTo teach ordinary form subjects (including Mathematics). Masters are also required who are qualified to teach Chemistry and Physics up to London Matriculation Standard. The pupils are Chinese except at one British and one Indian School.\n\n## Emoluments.\n\nAssistant Masters are appointed on a three years' agreement on a salary of £400 for the 1st, £420 for the 2nd, and £440 for the 3rd year. These sums are paid in dollars at a rate which varies slightly with the rate of exchange in accordance with the following scales:\n\n| Exchange Rate        | Dollar Equivalent |\n|----------------------|-------------------|\n| At or over 4s.4d.    | $10.00            |\n| At or over 4s. and below 4s.4d. | $10.30       |\n| At or over 3s.8d. and below 4s. | $10.60       |\n| At or over 3s.4d. and below 3s.8d. | $10.90     |\n| At or over 3s. and below 3s.4d. | $11.20       |\n| At or over 2s.8d. and below 3s. | $11.50       |\n| At or over 2s.6d. and below 2s.8d. | $11.80     |\n| At or below 2s.6d.   | $12.00            |\n\nN.B. The current rate of exchange in Hong Kong can be found in the chief Daily papers.",
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        "content_text": "## Summary of Terms for Masters and Assistant Masters\n\n\"As a temporary measure of relief to mitigate the increased cost of remittances to England, consequent on the recent fall in the exchange value of the dollar, the following arrangement supplementary to the arrangements for the payment locally in dollars, of salaries fixed in sterling, has been approved:\n\n\"Where an officer's wife and one child, or two children, one of whom is over 7 years of age, are in a sterling country, one third of the officer's salary as now paid in dollars will be paid in sterling at the rate of $8 = £1.\n\n\"Where an officer's wife alone, or one child over 7 years of age alone is in a sterling country, one quarter of the officer's salary as now paid in dollars will be paid in sterling at the rate of $8 = £1.\"\n\nA monthly deduction of 4% is made as a contribution towards Widows' and Orphans' Pensions. In the event of the Officer's agreement not being renewed, half the total sum so deducted is refunded if he is unmarried.\n\nA Master whose services during his initial three years agreement have been completely satisfactory will, subject to the exigencies of the Service, on the expiration of that period be placed on the permanent and pensionable establishment. If his services are so retained his salary will proceed by annual increments of £20 to £600, and thence by annual increments of £25 to £800, with an efficiency bar at £600. There are also several \"prize\" appointments open to him on salaries ranging from £850 to £1100.\n\nAssistant Masters may undertake private tuition subject to the permission of the Director of Education being obtained, and some extra allowances are available for assistance in evening classes.\n\n## Summary of the Regulations of the Government of Hong Kong in Regard to Rent Allowances and Lodging Allowances, in the Case of Officers Not Entitled to Free Quarters\n\nFree quarters are not provided.\n\n### Government Quarters\n\n| Condition | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | An officer who occupies quarters supplied by Government pays rent for such quarters at the rate of 6% or 7% of his salary according as the quarters are unfurnished or furnished. |\n| (b) | Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allotted Government quarters for his sole occupancy. |",
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        "content_text": "## III.\n## IV.\n\n### Passages.\n\n### Rent allowances.\n\n(a) If Government quarters are not available an officer who rents a \"tenement\" with the permission of Government, receives as rent allowance the difference between 6% of his salary and the sum of the rent and taxes payable in respect of the unfurnished tenement.\n\nFor the purpose of this regulation the maximum rental inclusive of taxes which is recognised by the Government in the case of an officer whose salary does not exceed £600 is $150 a month.\n\n(b) Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allowed a rent allowance as the sole tenant of a rented tenement.\n\n(c) Only one rent allowance is payable in respect of any tenement.\n\n### Lodging allowance.\n\nAn officer who, with the permission of the Colonial Secretary, does not reside in Government quarters or in a tenement in respect of which a rent allowance is payable, receives a lodging allowance as follows:-\n\n(a) If married, 15% of his salary subject to a maximum of $100 a month.\n\n(b) If unmarried, 7% of his salary subject to a maximum of $50 a month.\n\nAn officer is provided with a free passage on first appointment. If his agreement is not renewed upon its expiration, a return passage will be paid.\n\nFree return passages on leave are granted to all officers. This privilege is, however, liable to be withdrawn by Government at any time on giving a year's notice.\n\n36 \n(c) An unmarried officer residing in the quarters of an officer entitled to free quarters pays rent at the rate of 3% of his salary.\n\n(a) When more than one officer occupies Government quarters, the total rental charged is 6% or 7% (as the case may be) of the salary of the highest paid officer only.\n\n(e) An officer who refuses to occupy Government quarters when allotted to him forfeits his claim to Rent Allowance or Lodging Allowance.",
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        "content_text": "## Leave. Pensions. Climate. Clothing. Cost of Living etc.\n\n37\n\nRoughly speaking, an officer is eligible for leave on full pay after 4 years' resident service. In the absence of special grounds, the leave granted to an officer will not exceed one-sixth of his resident service. On special grounds, it may exceed that period by six months.\n\nAn officer attached to an educational institution is not entitled to vacation leave under the general rule. When in the Colony, he enjoys the ordinary vacation of the institution to which he is attached. When taking long leave outside the Colony, he may be allowed to draw full pay during the first three months of his leave unless a school vacation has immediately preceded the grant of leave, in which case full pay may be drawn during two months only. The remainder of the leave in either case is on half salary, and half pay only can be drawn during any school vacation falling within the period of an extension of leave.\n\nThe present rule as to superannuation is that, in the case of ill-health, an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on a pension after 10 full years' service; otherwise, he must have attained the age of 55. For 10 full years' service, 15/60ths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointment for the three years preceding retirement may be awarded, to which 1/60th may be added for each additional year's service; no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years.\n\nThe winter climate of Hong Kong is usually dry and bright, with a keen North wind when the Monsoon is strong. The summer climate is hot and somewhat damp, but not actually unhealthy.\n\nWinter clothing should be obtained from home and should be such as could be worn on a mild winter day at home. Many people feel the cold of a Hong Kong winter almost as much as at home. Summer clothing should be obtained in the Colony; it is fairly cheap. But very light flannels and flannel suits might well be obtained at home. Leather boots should be bought at home; but not canvas (summer) shoes. Books and periodicals should also be obtained from home.\n\nIt is impossible to give a satisfactory estimate of the cost of living in Hong Kong, because so much depends upon the tastes and habits of the individual. But the following information is taken from a Handbook on conditions and cost of living in Hong Kong compiled by the Colonial Government from records up to 1925:",
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        "content_text": "38\n\nThe cost of hotel accommodation for a single person varies from $145 to $250 a month, not inclusive of drinks, electric fans, and fires. Rates for a married couple would probably be from $240 to $500 a month.\n\nBoarding House accommodation for a single person may be put at $125 to $200 a month; for married couples, perhaps $200 to $400 a month.\n\nIf a private servant is not kept, tips to the house servants would have to be added to the above.\n\nWages of Native servants vary from $12 to $30 a month.\n\nOther expenses would include clothing, laundry (say $10 a month), transport (say $15 a month), amusements, books, periodicals, clubs, insurance, holidays spent outside the Colony, etc.\n\nThe combined entrance fees to the best social club in Hong Kong, a good golf club, and the best cricket club amount to about $150. Club subscriptions are about $20 a month. But it must be borne in mind that attendant expenses, especially in the case of golf, are likely to involve a considerable addition to this sum. Other clubs, such as the yacht club and the polo club, are cheap of their kind but must be regarded as expensive luxuries.\n\nThere is at present no Income Tax in the Colony, and there are no rates or taxes in the usual English sense.\n\nOn the whole, it may be said that an unmarried master on a three years' agreement can save money if he wishes to do so and still live on a scale which would probably content him at home. On the other hand, he can, without getting into debt, indulge in more expensive amusements.\n\nSchool holidays in Hong Kong give special facilities for visiting neighbouring countries. Japan, North and South China, Indo-China, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippine Islands are all within reach at a cost which should be within the officer's means.\n\nA married Master, on the other hand (especially if he had a family), would have to exercise very strict economy to enable him to live on his salary during the first few years of his appointment.\n\nAnother reason why it is considered necessary that a Master should be unmarried on first appointment is that he is expected to devote a certain amount of time and energy to the study of Chinese language and culture, so that he may have a larger interest in his work and a better understanding of the problems which it presents.\n\nColonial Office.\n\nMarch 1927.",
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        "content_text": "## **MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE USUAL TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF ASSISTANT MASTERS IN THE HONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT**\n\n### Qualifications\n\nEducation at a Public School, good Grammar School or similar Institution, and a Degree or good record at a British University. It is an advantage to a candidate to have had Teaching Experience or to possess a recognised Diploma in Education. It is desirable that candidates should be unmarried, and, if appointed, are expected to remain unmarried for the first few years of their service. They would be well advised not to marry during their first tour of service unless possessed of private means.\n\n### Duties\n\nTo teach ordinary form subjects (including Mathematics). Some Masters are also required who are qualified to teach Chemistry and Physics up to London Matriculation Standard. The pupils are Chinese except at one British and one Indian School.\n\n### Emoluments\n\nAssistant Masters are appointed on a three years' agreement on a salary of £400 for the 1st, £420 for the 2nd and £440 for the 3rd year. These sums are paid in dollars at a rate which varies slightly with the rate of exchange in accordance with the following scales:\n\n| Exchange Rate | Dollar Equivalent |\n| --- | --- |\n| At or over 4s.4d. | $10.00 |\n| At or over 4s. and below 4s.4d. | $10.30 |\n| At or over 3s.8d. and below 4s. | $10.60 |\n| At or over 3s.4d. and below 3s.8d. | $10.90 |\n| At or over 3s. and below 3s.4d. | $11.20 |\n| At or over 2s.8d. and below 3s. | $11.50 |\n| At or over 2s.6d. and below 2s.8d. | $11.80 |\n| At or below 2s.6d. | $12.00 |\n\nN.B. The current rate of exchange in Hong Kong can be found in the chief Daily papers.",
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        "content_text": "## GOVERNMENT QUARTERS AND RENT ALLOWANCES\nThe following is a summary of the regulations in regard to rent allowances and lodging allowances in the case of officers not entitled to free quarters.\n\n(a) An officer who occupies quarters supplied by Government pays rent for such quarters at the rate of 6 per cent. or 7 per cent. of his salary according as the quarters are unfurnished or furnished.",
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        "content_text": "and a certificate of marital fitness \nhis service under agreement \nReckoned as continuous service \nfor pension \n\n? 1 \n\n44 \n\n\"As a temporary measure of relief to mitigate the increased cost of remittances to England, consequent on the recent fall in the exchange value of the dollar, the following arrangement supplementary to the arrangements for the payment locally in dollars, of salaries fixed in sterling, has been approved: \n\n\"Where an officer's wife and one child, or two children, one of whom is over 7 years of age, are in a sterling country, one third of the officer's salary as now paid in dollars will be paid in sterling at the rate of $8 £1. \n\n\"Where an officer's wife alone, or one child over 7 years of age alone is in a sterling country, one quarter of the officer's salary as now paid in dollars will be paid in sterling at the rate of $8 £1.\" \n\nA monthly deduction of 4% is made as a contribution towards Widows' and Orphans' Pensions. In the event of the Officer's agreement not being renewed, half the total sum so deducted is refunded if he is unmarried. \n\nA Master whose services during his initial three years' agreement have been completely satisfactory will, subject to the exigencies of the Service, on the expiration of that period be placed on the permanent and pensionable establishment. If his services are so retained his salary will proceed by annual increments of £20 to £600, and thence by annual increments of £25 to £800, with an efficiency bar at £600. There are also several prize or special high appointments open to him on salaries ranging from £850 to £1,100. \n\nAssistant Masters may undertake private tuition subject to the permission of the Director of Education being obtained, and some extra allowances are available for assistance in evening classes.\n\n## SUMMARY OF THE REGULATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG IN REGARD TO RENT ALLOWANCES AND LODGING ALLOWANCES IN THE CASE OF OFFICERS NOT ENTITLED TO FREE QUARTERS.\n\nFree quarters are not provided.\n\n### Government Quarters\n\n| Condition | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | An officer who occupies quarters supplied by Government pays rent for such quarters at the rate of 6% or 7% of his salary according as the quarters are unfurnished or furnished. |\n| (b) | Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allotted Government quarters for his sole occupancy. |",
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        "content_text": "## WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS\n\n7. A deduction of 4 per cent. is made from the salaries of all members of the permanent Government Service as a contribution towards the provision of pensions for the widows and orphans of Government officers.\n\n## CURRENCY\n\n8. The currency of Hong Kong is based on the silver dollar. For purposes of local payment, salaries fixed in sterling are converted into dollars at a rate fixed by the Government. The rate is at present 2s. = $1, but is liable to alteration.\n\nA strictly temporary allowance is also granted at present, based on the average exchange value of the dollar with sterling. This allowance is on the following scale:\n\n| When exchange is | Allowance per cent. on salary is |\n| --- | --- |\n| At or over 4s. 4d. | 0 |\n| 4s. 3s. 8d. and below 4s. 4d. | 3 |\n| 3s. 8d. \" 4s. | 6 |\n| 3s. 4d. \" 3s. 8d. | 9 |\n| 3s. \" 3s. 4d. | 12 |\n| 2s. 8d. \" 3s. | 15 |\n| Over 2s. 6d. \" 2s. 8d. | 18 |\n| At or below 2s. 6d. | 20 |\n\n**COLONIAL OFFICE**, April, 1927.",
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        "content_text": "### III. \nredrafted \n\n### IV. \nPassages. \n\n| Salary | Age |\n|--------|-----|\n|        | 47  |\n\n(c) An unmarried officer residing in the quarters of an officer entitled to free quarters pays rent at the rate of 3% of his salary.\n\n(a) When more than one officer occupies Government quarters, the total rental charged is 6 or 7% (as the case may be) of the salary of the highest paid officer only.\n\n(e) An officer who refuses to occupy Government quarters when allotted to him forfeits his claim to Rent Allowance or Lodging Allowance.\n\n## Rent allowances\n\n(a) If Government quarters are not available, an officer who rents a \"tenement\" with the permission of Government receives as rent allowance the difference between 6% of his salary and the sum of the rent and taxes payable in respect of the unfurnished tenement.\n\nFor the purpose of this regulation, the maximum rental inclusive of taxes which is recognised by the Government in the case of an officer whose salary does not exceed £600 is $150 a month.\n\n(b) Ordinarily, an unmarried officer will not be allowed a rent allowance as the sole tenant of a rented tenement.\n\n(c) Only one rent allowance is payable in respect of any tenement.\n\n## Lodging allowance\n\nAn officer who, with the permission of the Colonial Secretary, does not reside in Government quarters or in a tenement in respect of which a rent allowance is payable, receives a lodging allowance as follows:\n\n(a) If married, 15% of his salary subject to a maximum of $100 a month.\n\n(b) If unmarried, 7% of his salary subject to a maximum of $50 a month.\n\n## First Class \n\nAn officer is provided with a free passage on first appointment. If his agreement is not renewed upon its expiration, a return passage will be paid provided.\n\nFree return passages on leave are granted to all officers. This privilege is, however, able to be withdrawn by Government at any time on giving a year's notice.\n\n| Salary | Age |\n|--------|-----|\n|        |     |\n\nPage 50\nPage 51",
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        "content_text": "# PENSIONS\n\n## continueus \n\n6. The present rule as to superannuation is that, in the case of ill-health, an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on a pension after ten full years' resident service; otherwise, he must have attained the age of 55. For ten full years' upwards, one seven-hundred-and-twentieth of the annual salary of the retiring officer for each completed month of service may be awarded, together with an addition of five sixtieths of such salary, provided that the total pension shall not exceed forty sixtieths of such salary. No pension may exceed £1,300 per annum. For pension purposes, leave on full pay counts as full service, and leave on half pay as half service.",
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        "content_text": "## 50 \n\n**Leave.**\n\nRoughly speaking an officer is eligible for leave on full pay after 4 years' resident service. In the absence of special grounds the leave granted to an officer will not exceed one-sixth of his resident service. On special grounds it may exceed that period by six months.\n\nAn officer attached to an educational institution is not entitled to vacation leave under the general rule. When in the Colony he enjoys the ordinary vacation of the institution to which he is attached. When taking leave outside the Colony he may be allowed to draw full pay during the first three months of his leave unless a school vacation has immediately preceded the grant of leave, in which case full pay may be drawn during two months only. The remainder of the leave in either case is on half-salary, and half pay only can be drawn during any school vacation falling within the period of an extension of leave.\n\n**Pensions.**\n\nThe present rule as to superannuation is that, in the case of ill-health, an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on a pension after 10 full years' service; otherwise he must have attained the age of 55. For 10 full years' service 15/60ths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointment for the three years preceding retirement may be awarded, to which 1/60th may be added for each additional year's service; no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years.\n\n**Climate.**\n\nThe winter climate of Hong Kong is usually dry and bright, with a keen North wind when the Monsoon is strong. The summer climate is hot and somewhat damp but not actually unhealthy.\n\n**Clothing.**\n\nWinter clothing should be obtained from home and should be such as could be worn on a mild winter day at home. Many people feel the cold of a Hong Kong winter almost as much as at home. Summer clothing should be obtained in the Colony as it is fairly cheap. But very light flannels and flannel suits might well be obtained at home. Leather boots should be bought at home; but canvas (summer) shoes... Books and periodicals should also be obtained from home.\n\n**Cost of Living etc.**\n\nIt is impossible to give a satisfactory estimate of the cost of living in Hong Kong, because so much depends upon the tastes and habits of the individual. But the following information is taken from a Handbook on conditions and cost of living in Hong Kong compiled by the Colonial Government from records up to 1925:-\n\n4.",
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        "content_text": "## The Cost of Living in Hong Kong\n\nThe cost of hotel accommodation for a single person varies from $145 to $250 a month, not inclusive of drinks, electric fans, and fires. Rates for a married couple would probably be from $240 to $500 a month.\n\nBoarding House accommodation for a single person may be put at $125 to $200 a month; for married couples, perhaps $200 to $400 a month.\n\nIf a private servant is not kept, tips to the house servants would have to be added to the above.\n\nWages of Native servants vary from $12 to $30 a month.\n\nOther expenses would include clothing, laundry (say $10 a month), transport (say $15 a month), and amusements, books, periodicals, clubs, insurance, holidays spent outside the Colony, etc.\n\nThe combined entrance fees to the best social club in Hong Kong, a good golf club, and the best cricket club amount to about $150. Club subscriptions are about $20 a month. But it must be borne in mind that attendant expenses, especially in the case of golf, are likely to involve a considerable addition to this sum. Other clubs, such as the yacht club and the polo club, are cheap of their kind but must be regarded as expensive luxuries.\n\nThere is at present no Income Tax in the Colony, and there are no rates or taxes in the usual English sense.\n\nOn the whole, it may be said that an unmarried master on a three years' agreement can save money if he wishes to do so and still live on a scale which would probably content him at home. On the other hand, he can, without getting into debt, indulge in more expensive amusements.\n\nSchool holidays in Hong Kong give special facilities for visiting neighbouring countries. Japan, North and South China, Indo-China, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippine Islands are all within reach at a cost which should be within the officer's means.\n\nA married Master, on the other hand (especially if he had a family), would have to exercise very strict economy to enable him to live on his salary during the first few years of his appointment.\n\nAnother reason why it is considered necessary that a Master should be unmarried on first appointment is that he is expected to devote a certain amount of time and energy to the study of Chinese language and culture, so that he may have a larger interest in his work and a better understanding of the problems which it presents.\n\n**Colonial Office**\n\nMarch 1927",
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        "content_text": "# 54. \n## **MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE USUAL TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF ASSISTANT MASTERS IN THE HONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.**\n\n### Qualifications.\n### Duties.\n### Emoluments.\n\nEducation at a Public School, good Grammar School or similar Institution, and a Degree or good record at a British University. It is an advantage to a candidate to have had Teaching Experience or to possess a recognised Diploma in Education.\n\nCandidates should be unmarried, and, if appointed, are expected to remain unmarried for the first few years of their service.\n\nTo teach ordinary form subjects (including Mathematics). Masters are also required who are qualified to teach Chemistry and Physics up to London Matriculation Standard. The pupils are Chinese except at one British and one Indian School.\n\nAssistant Masters are appointed on a three years' agreement on a salary of £400 for the 1st, £420 for the 2nd and £440 for the 3rd year. These sums are paid in dollars at a rate which varies slightly with the rate of exchange in accordance with the following scales:\n\n| Exchange Rate | Dollar Equivalent |\n| --- | --- |\n| At or over 4s.4d. | $10.00 |\n| At or over 4s. and below 4s.4d. | $10.30 |\n| At or over 3s.8d. and below 4s. | $10.60 |\n| At or over 3s.4d. and below 3s.8d. | $10.90 |\n| At or over 3s. and below 3s.4d. | $11.20 |\n| At or over 2s.8d. and below 3s. | $11.50 |\n| At or over 2s.6d. and below 2s.8d. | $11.80 |\n| At or below 2s.6d. | $12.00 |\n\nN.B. The current rate of exchange in Hong Kong can be found in the chief Daily papers.",
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        "content_text": "## \n55\n\nAs a temporary measure of relief to mitigate the increased cost of remittances to England, consequent on the recent fall in the exchange value of the dollar, the following arrangement supplementary to the arrangements for the payment locally in dollars, of salaries fixed in sterling, has been approved:\n\nIf an officer's wife and one child, or two children, one of whom is over 7 years of age, are in a sterling country, one third of the officer's salary as now paid in dollars will be paid in sterling at the rate of $8 = £1.\n\nWhere an officer's wife alone, or one child over 7 years of age alone is in a sterling country, one quarter of the officer's salary as now paid in dollars will be paid in sterling at the rate of $8 = £1.\n\nA monthly deduction of 4% is made as a contribution towards Widows' and Orphans' Pensions. In the event of the Officer's agreement not being renewed, half the total sum so deducted is refunded if he is unmarried.\n\nA Master whose services during his initial three years agreement have been completely satisfactory will, subject to the exigencies of the Service, on the expiration of that period be placed on the permanent and pensionable establishment. If his services are so retained his salary will proceed by annual increments of £20 to £600, and thence by annual increments of £25 to £800, with an efficiency bar at £600. There are also several prize appointments open to him on salaries ranging from £850 to £1100.\n\nAssistant Masters may undertake private tuition subject to the permission of the Director of Education being obtained, and some extra allowances are available for assistance in evening classes.\n\n## SUMMARY OF THE REGULATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG IN REGARD TO RENT ALLOWANCES AND LODGING ALLOWANCES, IN THE CASE OF OFFICERS NOT ENTITLED TO FREE QUARTERS.\n\nFree quarters are not provided.\n\nGovernment quarters.\n\n(a) An officer who occupies quarters supplied by Government pays rent for such quarters at the rate of 6 or 7% of his salary according as the quarters are unfurnished or furnished.\n\n(b) Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allocated...",
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        "content_text": "## III.\n## IV.\n\n### Passages.\n\n#### Rent allowances.\n\n(a) If Government quarters are not available an officer who rents a \"tenement\" with the permission of Government, receives as rent allowance the difference between 6% of his salary and the sum of the rent and taxes payable in respect of the unfurnished tenement.\n\nFor the purpose of this regulation the maximum rental inclusive of taxes which is recognised by the Government in the case of an officer whose salary does not exceed £600 is $150 a month.\n\n(b) Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allowed a rent allowance as the sole tenant of a rented tenement.\n\n(c) Only one rent allowance is payable in respect of any tenement.\n\n#### Lodging allowance.\n\nAn officer who, with the permission of the Colonial Secretary, does not reside in Government quarters or in a tenement in respect of which a rent allowance is payable, receives a lodging allowance as follows:\n\n(a) If married, 15% of his salary subject to a maximum of $100 a month.\n\n(b) If unmarried, 7% of his salary subject to a maximum of $50 a month.\n\nAn officer is provided with a free passage on first appointment. If his agreement is not renewed upon its expiration, a return passage will be paid.\n\nFree return passages on leave are granted to all officers. This privilege is, however, liable to be withdrawn by Government at any time on giving a year's notice.\n\nPage 60  \nPage 61",
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        "content_text": "## The Cost of Living in Hong Kong\n\nThe cost of hotel accommodation for a single person varies from $145 to $250 a month, not inclusive of drinks, electric fans, and fires. Rates for a married couple would probably be from $240 to $500 a month.\n\nBoarding House accommodation for a single person may be put at $125 to $200 a month; for married couples, perhaps $200 to $400 a month.\n\nIf a private servant is not kept, tips to the house servants would have to be added to the above. Wages of native servants vary from $12 to $30 a month.\n\nOther expenses would include clothing, laundry (say $10 a month), transport (say $15 a month), amusements, books, periodicals, clubs, insurance, holidays spent outside the Colony, etc.\n\nThe combined entrance fees to the best social club in Hong Kong, a good golf club, and the best cricket club amount to about $150. Club subscriptions are about $20 a month. But it must be borne in mind that attendant expenses, especially in the case of golf, are likely to involve a considerable addition to this sum. Other clubs, such as the yacht club and the polo club, are cheap of their kind but must be regarded as expensive luxuries.\n\nThere is at present no Income Tax in the Colony, and there are no rates or taxes in the usual English sense.\n\nOn the whole, it may be said that an unmarried master on a three years' agreement can save money if he wishes to do so and still live on a scale which would probably content him at home. On the other hand, he can, without getting into debt, indulge in more expensive amusements.\n\nSchool holidays in Hong Kong give special facilities for visiting neighbouring countries. Japan, North and South China, Indo-China, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippine Islands are all within reach at a cost which should be within the officer's means.\n\nA married Master, on the other hand (especially if he had a family), would have to exercise very strict economy to enable him to live on his salary during the first few years of his appointment.\n\nAnother reason why it is considered necessary that a Master should be unmarried on first appointment is that he is expected to devote a certain amount of time and energy to the study of Chinese language and culture, so that he may have a larger interest in his work and a better understanding of the problems which it presents.\n\n**Colonial Office**\n\nPage 58\nPage 1067",
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        "content_text": "## Captain Newbolt 19.8 Major Furse 19.8 Mr. Paskin 28.9 Captain Newbolt 30.9 Major Furse 3.10 Mr. Paskin 4.1 Mr. Beckett 5.10\nMr. Ellis 6.10\nMr. E. J. Harding.\nSir C. Strachey.\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\nX Sir G. Grindle.\n\n13\nacs mo Bushe [Thans worked\n'Sir C. Davis.\nX Sir S. Wilson.\nX\nR\nD\nt\nTheir worked only at SE\nwhich appears to be Marrings 676 El -\nMr. Ormsby-Gore.\nLord Lovat.\nMr. Amery,\n10.11.27, all with 2517/11/27\nWR 11.11.27\n]\n30071214 H. Kiong.\n\n59 Downing Street.\n15 November, 1927.\n\n**DRAFT.**\n**HONG KONG.**\n**CONFIDENTIAL.** (2)\n\nGovernor.\nFor conson.\nFrom Orme 5/5/26 (`52222/25 Appts.`)\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Confidential despatch of the 12th of May, on the subject of vacancies for Masters in the Education Department, which affords me the opportunity of explaining to you in detail the situation in regard to recruitment for this class of appointment.\n\n2. In the first place, I wish to express my regret that it has not been found possible to fill these vacancies at a much quicker rate, and to assure you of my sympathy",
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        "content_text": "## \n60 \n\n3 \n\nwith your Government in the inconvenience \nwhich has resulted. \n\n3. The nature of your despatch, \nhowever, inclines me to the view that \nthere is probably an insufficient \nappreciation in the Colony of the \nconditions affecting the recruitment \nof suitable candidates from this country \nfor educational posts in Hong Kong and \nelsewhere in the Colonial Services, and \nof the difficulties which have been met \nwith. \n\n4. As regards the question of \n\"publicity\", i.e. the process of \nbringing the existence of Educational \nvacancies to the notice of potential \napplicants, either of two methods may \nbe employed: either advertisement in \nthe Press, or a system of close personal \nliaison with the Appointments Boards, \nCollege Fellows etc., at the Universities, \nand with the Headmasters of the Public \nSchools. \n\nExperience has shown that the latter",
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        "content_text": "61\n\nThe latter system provides incomparably the best means of attracting and securing candidates of the stamp desired both by your Government and by the Governments of other Colonies. In this connection I have to invite your attention to Section VI of the Summary of Proceedings of the Colonial Office Conference (1927).\n\n5. Press advertisement has, on occasion, proved a useful means of securing Educational candidates for a particular vacancy of a specialised nature, or for one which was exceptionally well paid; but in general it has been found an abortive method, productive of much labour and little result. Nevertheless, it was decided, owing to the shortage of suitable candidates who were prepared to consider appointments in Hong Kong and in Malaya, to advertise in the Press the five vacancies for Assistant Masters of which you notified",
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        "content_text": "62\n\nnotified me in 1926, together with ten existing vacancies of a similar kind in the Education Department of Malaya. Over 250 applications were then received and considered. Out of all these, only 2 or 3 candidates were eventually found sufficiently suitable for appointment.\n\n6. Particulars of the vacancies had also been widely circulated to the various University Appointments Boards etc. in accordance with the usual practice referred to in paragraph 4 above, and correspondence concerning them, and the urgent need of candidates, has been maintained up till the present time. In fact I may say that no pains have been spared in the endeavour to fill these vacancies.\n\n7. When Mr. Orme arrived in this country, opportunities were taken of discussing the question of recruitment with him, and arrangements were made for him",
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        "content_text": "# \n63\n\nhim to visit Oxford and Cambridge with a view to stimulating interest in Hong Kong appointments at those Universities. I think you will be interested to read the enclosed extract from a letter which he wrote to my Private Secretary (Appointments), Major Furse, after his visit to Cambridge.\n\n8. The salient fact is that extremely few young men in this country, of the education and type desired, are at present prepared to consider a career in Hong Kong. As a result of discussions which have taken place with University authorities and with many candidates for African or other appointments (whose notice at interviews has been drawn to the vacancies in Hong Kong), I have come to the conclusion that this is to be attributed to a number of deterrent influences, of which the main ones may briefly be summarised as follows:\n\n(1)",
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        "content_text": "64 \n\n(1) A noticeable disinclination on the part of parents, probably as a result of the War, to allow their sons to enter upon so distant a career;\n\n(2) the increased demand for University men in Business, and the greater attractions of a commercial career;\n\n(3) the fact that Government service in Tropical Africa has greater attractions for the majority of potential candidates. This is no doubt largely attributable to the more widespread interest in the African Colonies and in the problems connected with the education of the African natives. (In 1926 as many as 103 candidates were appointed to the Administrative Services, and over 60 to the Education Departments, in Tropical Africa);\n\n(4) a marked tendency to marry at an earlier age than used to be the case before the war, which has no doubt increased the deterrent effect of the stipulation",
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        "content_text": "## \n65 \n\nThere has been no stipulation made up to the present that an Educational Officer in Hong Kong must remain unmarried for the first four years of his service.\n\n(In this connection I should inform you that the legality of such a stipulation is open to question. A proviso of this nature appearing in an Agreement with a private employer would be void in law, and I am advised that if an officer who married after signing a contract, the terms of which involved his remaining single, it would not be possible to defend his being dismissed solely on that account.) In any case, after careful consideration of a similar problem in connection with appointments in the Educational Department in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States, I have decided that I cannot impose an absolute bar of this character, as, apart from any question of legality, I regard such a",
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        "content_text": "## \na condition as contrary to public policy \nin the case of a male officer. In \nconformity with this decision, while \nI have no objection in principle \nto restricting recruitment to unmarried \ncandidates, I cannot see my way to do \nmore than warn any candidate who may be \ncontemplating marriage that he would be \nwell advised not to marry during his \nfirst tour of service unless he had \nprivate means.\n\n(5) General ignorance in regard to \nHong Kong itself, the conditions of \nlife there etc., combined with a sense \nof the remoteness of the Colony and of \nthe prolonged absence from home that \nservice there entails. The spirit of \nadventure is not a strong characteristic \nof the young man of to-day.\n\n(6) The fact that the post of Director \nof Education is held by a Cadet Officer \nand not by a professional educationalist. \nThis lowers the prestige of the whole \neducational service.\n\nPage 70  \nPage 71",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n## \n\n9. The present arrangement for the control of the Education Department is not satisfactory. It would be just as unsatisfactory to place the control of the Education Department in the hands of a non-educationalist Cadet Officer, as that of the Medical Service would be if it were subordinated to a Cadet Officer under the title of Director of Medical and Sanitary Services. In saying this, I desire to make no reflection on the present holder of the office, but on the occurrence of a vacancy, I think it very desirable that the post should be filled by an educationalist, and if possible from the existing staff of the department.\n\n9. The financial prospects held out by your Government do not on the whole compare unfavourably with those of other Colonies, but it is necessary to record that the improvement in the salary scales proposed in your Confidential despatch of the 15th of July 1926, and approved in my telegram of the 27th of November has not (as I had hoped) led to any improvement in the situation so far as recruitment is concerned.\n\nIn this",
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        "content_text": "68\n\nIn this connection it may be pertinent to remark that similar (though not such acute) difficulties have, in the past, been encountered in connection with the recruitment of candidates for the Education Departments in Malaya where the salaries (Time Scale $400-$800 a month equivalent to £560-£1120, with a fair proportion of attractive \"super scale\" posts, and with temporary allowances of 10% on salary for unmarried, and 20% for married officers) are (at any rate on paper) distinctly more attractive than the salaries in Hong Kong.\n\n10. The \"uncertainty hanging over British subjects in China\", if it has in certain cases acted as a deterrent, may be regarded as a transitory influence. I do not attach much weight to this. I am convinced that the fundamental causes militating against successful recruitment are to be found in the points enumerated in paragraph 8 above.",
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        "content_text": "# \n## 11. \nThe problem is a serious one, affecting in an almost equal degree the question of recruitment for the Cadet Services in Malaya and Hong Kong. In this connection I invite reference to the memorandum (`C.O. 41`) prepared in connection with the recent Colonial Office Conference (vide p. 174 of `Miscellaneous 385`).\n\n## 12. \nApart from the attempts to secure candidates for existing vacancies which I have mentioned above, I have had for some time under my consideration possible schemes for stimulating a better permanent supply of candidates for these appointments in the future. My Private Secretary, Major Furse, has discussed this matter with Mr. McElderry during his leave of absence in this country and you may think it advisable to talk the matter over with Mr. McElderry on...",
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        "content_text": "70\n\non his return to Hong Kong.\n\n13. Briefly, the main points are the following.\n\nIn the first place, it has been found by experience in recruiting for Educational Departments in other Colonies that, under post-war conditions, it is impossible to secure a sufficient supply of recruits of a suitable stamp and education, if the possession of a diploma in education or of previous teaching experience is insisted on. A proportion of such men may, it is true, be secured in any year, but for the majority of appointments, it is necessary to rely on securing young men of the right stamp as soon as they take their degrees at the University and before they have started on a career in this country or elsewhere.\n\nSuch men must either be sent out to gain their experience in the Department for which they are selected or, if it is considered essential to give them previous training in educational matters, such training must be given to them.",
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        "content_text": "71\n\nthem by some form of course in this country or elsewhere at the expense of the Government which is going to employ them.\n\nThis view has been endorsed by my Advisory Committee on Native Education so far as Tropical Africa is concerned and it is on young men of this type that I now mainly rely for filling vacancies in the Education Departments of East and West Africa, posts which, as I have indicated above, prove far more attractive to the type of candidate, which I understand you desire to secure, than those in Hong Kong.\n\n14. In the second place I am inclined to think that the best way in which to overcome the various conditions of service in the Far East, which appear to affect recruitment adversely, is to spread in the principal Universities a better knowledge of the attractive features of",
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        "content_text": "72\n\nof such a career in Hong Kong, and \nparticularly of the special interest \nwhich attaches to the education of the \nChinese race and to the contact with \nChinese civilisation thereby given. \nIt is possible that this might best be \ndone by getting one or two influential \nmembers of each of the principal \nUniversities to take a special interest \nin this question, with a view to their \nencouraging a certain number of picked \nundergraduates in each year to apply \nfor these appointments when they take \ntheir degrees. It would be necessary \nto supply such individuals, or informal \nCommittees, with good first-hand \ninformation as to local conditions and \nlife in the Education Department. \nFor \nthis purpose it would be a great \nassistance if you could inform me of any \nreally suitable officer of the Service \nwho had retired or who was likely to be \nin this country for some time and who \ncould",
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        "content_text": "73\n\ncould co-operate with my Private Secretary (Appointments) in this matter.\n\nIt would be necessary, of course, to choose someone who would be persona grata in, say, Oxford or Cambridge and whose knowledge and judgment could be thoroughly relied on.\n\n15. It would also be a help if you could provide me with notes of an informal character with regard to the life and work of an Educational Officer and the opportunities for interesting work and study in connection with Chinese civilisation and art, which such an officer might expect to enjoy.\n\n16. In this connection you may be interested to hear that, with a view to overcoming the widespread ignorance which similarly prevails in regard to Malaya, the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Governments have recently agreed, at my suggestion, to the compilation of a short illustrated pamphlet",
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        "content_text": "74\n\npamphlet descriptive of the country and indicating the attractions of a career in the Government services there. It is proposed to distribute this pamphlet widely to the principal Schools and Universities, and it is hoped by this means to stimulate the interest of potential candidates of the right stamp. It might perhaps be useful to compile a similar pamphlet on Hong Kong, though it would probably be wise to defer further consideration of this suggestion until the Malayan pamphlet has been completed and printed.\n\n17. I shall be glad to receive your views on this matter in due course, but, as I have decided to extend the sphere of my Advisory Committee on Education to cover the Eastern Colonies, I should not propose to take definite action in regard to these proposals until the Committee had had an opportunity of considering them together.",
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        "content_text": "75 \n\ntogether with any comments you may wish to offer and any information with which you may be able to furnish me.\n\nI have, etc.\n\n**(for the Secretary of State)**\n\n**(Signed) W. ORMSBY GORE**",
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        "content_text": "# HONG KONG\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n## GOVERNOR\n\nFrom Orme `570/26` (`52222/25` Appt)\n\nSir,\n\nOctober, 1927.\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your **Confidential** Despatch of the 12th of May, on the subject of vacancies for Masters in the Education Department, which affords me the opportunity of explaining to you in detail the situation in regard to recruitment for this class of appointment.\n\n2. In the first place I wish to express my regret that it has not been found possible to fill these vacancies at a much quicker rate, and to assure you of my sympathy with your Government at the inconvenience which has resulted.\n\n3. ...have been more than...\n\n| Mr. Captain Newbolt. 19.8 | Major Furse 19.8 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Parkin 28.9 | Major Terze 3.10 |\n| Site 5700 | Grindle |\n| Sir C. Davis. |  |\n| Sir S. Wilson. |  |\n| Mr. Ormsby-Gore. |  |\n| Earl of Clarendon. |  |\n| Mr. Amery. |  |\n\n**Fair DRAFT.**\n\nPage 80  \nPage 81",
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        "content_text": "however, inclines me to the view that there is probably an insufficient appreciation in the Colony of the conditions affecting the recruitment of suitable candidates from this country for educational posts in Hong Kong and elsewhere in the Colonial Services, and of the difficulties which have been met with.\n\n4. As regards the question of \"publicity\", i.e. the process of bringing the existence of Educational vacancies to the notice of potential applicants, either of two methods may be employed: either advertisement in the Press, or a system of close personal liaison with the Appointments Boards, College Fellows etc., at the Universities, and with the Headmasters of the Public Schools. Experience has shown that the latter system provides incomparably the best means of attracting and securing candidates of the stamp desired both by your Government and by the Governments of other Colonies. In this connection I have to invite your attention to Section VI of the Summary of Proceedings of the Colonial Office Conference (1927).\n\n5. Press advertisement has, on occasion, proved a useful means of securing Educational candidates for a particular vacancy of a specialised nature, or for one",
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        "content_text": "78 \n\nwhich was exceptionally well paid; but in \ngeneral it has been found an abortive \nmethod, productive of much labour and \nlittle result. \n\nNevertheless, it was \ndecided, owing to the shortage of \nsuitable candidates who were prepared \nto consider appointments in Hong Kong \nand in Malaya, to advertise in the \nPress the five vacancies for Assistant \nMasters of which you notified me in \n1926, together with ten existing vacancies \nof a similar kind in the Education \nDepartment of Malaya. Over 250 applications were then received and considered. \nOut of all these, only 2 or 3 candidates \nwere eventually found sufficiently suitable \nfor appointment. \n\n6. Particulars of the vacancies had \nalso been widely circulated to the various \nUniversity Appointments Boards, etc. in \naccordance with the usual practice referred to in paragraph 4 above, and corres- \npondence",
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        "content_text": "79 \n\ncorrespondence concerning them, and the urgent need of candidates, has been maintained up till the present time. In fact I may say that no pains have been spared in the endeavour to fill these vacancies. I should feel it necessary to deprecate strongly any suggestion to the contrary.\n\n7. When Mr. Orme arrived in this country, opportunities were taken of discussing the question of recruitment with him, and arrangements were made for him to visit Oxford and Cambridge with a view to stimulating interest in Hong Kong appointments at those Universities. I think you will be interested to read the enclosed extract from a letter which he wrote to my Private Secretary (Appointments), Major Furse, after his visit to Cambridge.\n\n8. The salient fact is that extremely few young men in this country, of the education and type desired, are at present prepared to consider a career in Hong Kong. As a result of discussions which have taken place with University authorities and with many candidates for African or other appointments (whose notice at interviews has been drawn to the vacancies in Hong Kong), I have come to the conclusion that this is to be attributed to a number of deterrent influences, of which the main ones may briefly be summarised as follows:-\n\n(1) \n\nI don't know who crossed this out but unless F.E. Dept definitely don't wish it to go, I should prefer to see it stand anyway for the Pair draft.\n\n## side minutes. \nnot \n\n[Nor do I think] marked in sq. bracket, \nwhom \nBank \nreached mat, \nHad been inconies to omit \nand \nI don't think the addroom time is ... Me put it out.\n\n89",
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        "content_text": "80\n\n: \n(1) A noticeable disinclination on the part of parents, probably as a result of the War, to allow their sons to enter upon so distant a career;\n(2) The increased demand for University men in Business, and the greater attractions of a commercial career;\n(3) The fact that Government service in Tropical Africa has greater attractions for the majority of potential candidates. This is no doubt largely attributable to the more widespread interest in the African Colonies and in the problems connected with the education of the African natives. In 1926 as many as 103 candidates were appointed to the Administrative Services, and over 60 to the Education Departments, in Tropical Africa;\n(4) There appears to be marked tendency IPS to",
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        "content_text": "81 \n\nto marry at an earlier age than used to be the case \nbefore the war, which is no doubt increases the deterrent \neffect of the stipulation that an Educational officer \nin Hong Kong must remain unmarried for the first four years \nof his service. (In this connection I have to inform you \nthat I have recently had under consideration a similar \nstipulation in connection with appointments in the Education \nDepartment in the Straits Settlements and the \nFederated Malay States. After careful consideration I have \ndecided that I am not prepared to impose an absolute bar \non marriage after an officer's appointment to the Service, \nas I regard such a condition as contrary to public policy \nin the case of a male officer. In conformity with this \ndecision, while I have no objection in principle to restricting \nrecruitment to unmarried candidates, I cannot see my \nway to do more than to warn any candidate who may be contemplating \nmarriage that he would be ill advised to marry during \nhis first tour of service, unless he has private means.) \n\n(5) General ignorance in regard to Hong Kong itself, the conditions \nof life there, etc., combined with a sense of the \nremoteness of the Colony and of the prolonged absence from \nhome",
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        "content_text": "## \nMr. E. J. Harding. \nSir C. Strachey. \nSir J. Shuckburgh. \nSir G. Grindle. \nSir C. Davis. \nSir S. Wilson. \nMr. Ormsby-Gore. \nEarl of Clarendon. \nMr. Amery. \n\n**DRAFT** \n\n(4) \n\nA marked tendency to marry at an earlier age than used to be the case before the war, which has no doubt increased the deterrent effect of the stipulation made up to the present that an Educational Officer in Hong Kong must remain unmarried for the first four years of his service. \n\n(In this connection I should inform you that the legality of such a stipulation is open to question. Whether actual exception could be taken to a proviso of this nature appearing in an Agreement with a private employee would be perhaps doubtful, but I am advised that in law such a stipulation would be impossible to enforce, and an officer who married after signing a contract, the terms of which involved his remaining single, could not be dismissed on that account. His being determined solely ...)",
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        "content_text": "83\n\na similar problem in connection with appointments in the Educational Department in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States, I have decided that I cannot impose an absolute bar of this character, as, apart from any question of legality, I regard such a condition as contrary to public policy in the case of a male officer. In conformity with this decision, while I have no objection in principle to restricting recruitment to unmarried candidates, I cannot see my way to do more than warn any candidate who may be contemplating marriage that he would be well advised not to marry during his first tour of service unless he had private means).",
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        "content_text": "## \n(6) The fact that the post of Director of Education is held by Cadet Officer and not by a professional man is a further drawback, for it means that service there entails... \n\n(The spirit of adventure is not a strong characteristic of the young man of to-day)\n\n9. \n\nThe financial prospects held out by your Government do not on the whole compare unfavourably with those of other Colonies in respect of education. It is true that the salary of Medical Officer could be improved if it were made comparable to that of a senior officer under the title of Port Health Officer or Public Health Officer; in advising this I do not wish to reflect unfavourably on the present holder of the post, but I think that the post should be filled by someone with experience in education.\n\nIt is fair to state that the improvement in the salary scales proposed in your Confidential despatch of the 15th of July 1926, and approved in my telegram of the 27th of November, has not (as I had hoped) led to any improvement in the situation so far as recruitment is concerned. In this connection, it may be pertinent to remark that similar (though not such acute) difficulties have, in the past, been encountered in connection with the recruitment of candidates for the Education Departments in Malaya, where the salaries (Time Scale $400-$25-$800 a month, equivalent to £560-£35-£1120, with a fair proportion of attractive \"super scale\" posts, and with temporary...",
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        "content_text": "85\n\nTemporary allowances of 10% on salary for unmarried, and 20% for married officers) are (at any rate on paper) distinctly more attractive than the salaries in Hong Kong.\n\n10. The \"uncertainty hanging over British subjects in China\", if it has in certain cases acted as a deterrent, may be regarded as a transitory influence. I do not attach much weight to this. I am convinced that the fundamental causes militating against successful recruitment are to be found in the points enumerated in Nos. in paragraph 8 above, of which the last is perhaps the most important.\n\n11. The problem is a serious one, affecting in an almost equal degree the question of recruitment for the Cadet Services in Malaya and Hong Kong. In this connection I invite reference to the memorandum (`C.O. 41`) prepared in connection with the recent Colonial Office Conference (vide p. 174 of `Miscellaneous 385`).\n\n12. Apart from the attempts to secure candidates for existing vacancies which I have mentioned above, I have had for some time under my consideration possible schemes for stimulating a better permanent supply of candidates.",
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        "content_text": "## 86 \n\ncandidates for these appointments in the future. My Private Secretary, Major Furse, has discussed this matter with Mr. McElderry during his leave of absence in this country and you may think it advisable to talk the matter over with Mr. McElderry on his return to Hong Kong.\n\n13. Briefly, the main points are these. In the first place, it has been found by experience in recruiting for Educational Departments in other Colonies that, under post-war conditions, it is impossible to secure a sufficient supply of recruits of a suitable stamp and education, if the possession of a diploma in education or of previous teaching experience is insisted on. A proportion of such men may, it is true, be secured in any year, but for the majority of appointments, it is necessary to rely on securing young men of the right stamp as soon as possible.\n\nPage 90  \nPage 91 \n\n## 87",
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        "content_text": "soon \nas they take their degrees at the University \nand before they have started on a career in this \ncountry or elsewhere. Such men must either be sent out \nto gain their experience in the Department for which \nthey are selected or, if it is considered essential \nto give them previous training in educational matters, \nsuch training must be given them by some form of \ncourse in this country or elsewhere at the expense \nof the Government which is going to employ them. This \nview has been endorsed by my Advisory Committee on \nNative Education so far as Tropical Africa is concerned and it is on young men of this type that I \nnow mainly rely for filling vacancies in the Education Departments of East and West Africa, posts which, \nas I have indicated above, prove far more attractive to \nthe type of candidate, which I understand you desire to \nsecure, than those in Hong Kong.\n\n14.\n\nIn the second place I am inclined to think that \nthe best way in which to overcome the various conditions \nof service in the Far East, which appear to affect recruitment adversely, is to spread in the principal Universities \na",
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        "content_text": "88\n\na better knowledge of the attractive features of such a career in Hong Kong, and particularly of the special interest which attaches to the education of the Chinese race and to the contact with Chinese civilisation thereby given. It is possible that this might best be done by getting one or two influential members of each of the principal Universities to take a special interest in this question, with a view to their encouraging a certain number of picked undergraduates in each year to apply for these appointments when they take their degrees. It would be necessary to supply such individuals, or informal Committees, with good first-hand information as to local conditions and life in the Education Department. For this purpose it would be a great assistance if you could inform me of any really suitable officer of the Service who had retired or who was likely to be in this country for some time and",
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        "content_text": "89\n\nand who could co-operate with my Private Secretary (Appointments) in this matter. It would be necessary of course to choose someone who would be persona grata in, say, Oxford or Cambridge and whose knowledge and judgment could be thoroughly relied on.\n\n15.\n\nIt would also be a help if you could provide me with notes of an informal character with regard to the life and work of an Educational Officer and the opportunities for interesting work and study in connection with Chinese civilisation and art, which such an officer might expect to enjoy.\n\n16. In this connection you may be interested to hear that, with a view to overcoming the widespread ignorance which similarly prevails in regard to Malaya, the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Governments have recently agreed, at my suggestion, to the compilation of a short illustrated pamphlet descriptive of the country and indicating the attractions of a career in the Government services there. It is proposed to distribute this pamphlet widely to the principal Schools and Universities, and it is hoped by this means to stimulate the interest of potential candidates of the right stamp.",
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        "content_text": "# Memorandum Regarding the Usual Terms of Appointment and Service of Assistant Masters in the Hong Kong Education Department.\n\n## Qualifications.\n\n## Duties.\n\n## Emoluments.\n\nEducation at a Public School, good Grammar School or similar Institution, and a Degree or good record at a British University. It is an advantage to a candidate to have had Teaching Experience or to possess a recognised Diploma in Education.\n\nCandidates should be unmarried, and, if appointed, are expected to remain unmarried for the first few years of their service.\n\nTo teach ordinary form subjects (including Mathematics). Masters are also required who are qualified to teach Chemistry and Physics up to London Matriculation Standard. The pupils are Chinese except at one British and one Indian School.\n\nThese Assistant Masters are appointed on a three years' agreement on a salary of £400 for the 1st, £420 for the 2nd and £440 for the 3rd year. These sums are paid in dollars at a rate which varies slightly with the rate of exchange in accordance with the following scales:\n\n| Exchange Rate | Dollar Equivalent |\n| --- | --- |\n| At or over 4s.4d. | $10.00 |\n| At or over 4s. and below 4s.4d. | $10.30 |\n| At or over 3s.8d. and below 4s. | $10.60 |\n| At or over 3s.4d. and below 3s.8d. | $10.90 |\n| At or over 3s. and below 3s.4d. | $11.20 |\n| At or over 2s.8d. and below 3s. | $11.50 |\n| At or over 2s.6d. and below 2s.8d. | $11.80 |\n| At or below 2s.6d. | $12.00 |\n\nN.B. The current rate of exchange in Hong Kong can be found in the chief Daily papers.",
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        "content_text": "## III.\n## IV.\n\n### Passages.\n\n#### Rent allowances.\n\n(a) If Government quarters are not available an officer who rents a \"tenement\" with the permission of Government, receives as rent allowance the difference between 6% of his salary and the sum of the rent and taxes payable in respect of the unfurnished tenement.\n\nFor the purpose of this regulation the maximum rental inclusive of taxes which is recognised by the Government in the case of an officer whose salary does not exceed £600 is $150 a month.\n\n(b) Ordinarily an unmarried officer will not be allowed a rent allowance as the sole tenant of a rented tenement.\n\n(c) Only one rent allowance is payable in respect of any tenement.\n\n#### Lodging allowance.\n\nAn officer who, with the permission of the Colonial Secretary, does not reside in Government quarters or in a tenement in respect of which a rent allowance is payable, receives a lodging allowance as follows:-\n\n(a) If married, 15% of his salary subject to a maximum of $100 a month.\n\n(b) If unmarried, 7% of his salary subject to a maximum of $50 a month.\n\nAn officer is provided with a free passage on first appointment. If his agreement is not renewed upon its expiration, a return passage will be paid.\n\nFree return passages on leave are granted to all officers. This privilege is, however, liable to be withdrawn by Government at any time on giving a year's notice.\n\n### 3.",
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        "content_text": "# Leave. \n## Pensions. \n### Climate. \n#### Clothing. \n##### Cost of Living etc.\n\nRoughly speaking, an officer is eligible for leave on full pay after 4 years' resident service. In the absence of special grounds, the leave granted to an officer will not exceed one-sixth of his resident service. On special grounds, it may exceed that period by six months.\n\nAn officer attached to an educational institution is not entitled to vacation leave under the general rule. When in the Colony, he enjoys the ordinary vacation of the institution to which he is attached. When taking long leave outside the Colony, he may be allowed to draw full pay during the first three months of his leave unless a school vacation has immediately preceded the grant of leave, in which case full pay may be drawn during two months only. The remainder of the leave in either case is on half salary, and half pay only can be drawn during any school vacation falling within the period of an extension of leave.\n\nThe present rule as to superannuation is that, in the case of ill-health, an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on a pension after 10 full years' service; otherwise, he must have attained the age of 55. For 10 full years' service, 15/60ths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointment for the three years preceding retirement may be awarded, to which 1/60th may be added for each additional year's service; no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years.\n\nThe winter climate of Hong Kong is usually dry and bright, with a keen North wind when the Monsoon is strong.\n\nThe summer climate is hot and somewhat damp but not actually unhealthy.\n\nWinter clothing should be obtained from home and should be such as could be worn on a mild winter day at home. Many people feel the cold of a Hong Kong winter almost as much as at home.\n\nSummer clothing should be obtained in the Colony; it is fairly cheap. But very light flannels and flannel suits might well be obtained at home. Leather boots should be bought at home; but not canvas (summer) shoes. Books and periodicals should also be obtained from home.\n\nIt is impossible to give a satisfactory estimate of the cost of living in Hong Kong, because so much depends upon the tastes and habits of the individual. But the following information is taken from a Handbook on conditions and cost of living in Hong Kong compiled by the Colonial Government from records up to 1925:\n\nPage 94",
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        "content_text": "# \n\"The Cost of hotel accommodation for a single person varies from $145 to $250 a month, not inclusive of drinks, electric fans and fires. The rates of a married couple would probably be from $240 to $500 a month.\n\nBoarding House accommodation for a single person may be put at $125 to $200 a month; for married couples, perhaps $200 to $400 a month.\n\nIf a private servant be not kept, tips to the house servants would have to be added to the above.\n\nWages of Native servants vary from $12 to $30 a month.\n\nOther expenses would include clothing, laundry (say $10 a month) transport (say $15 a month), amusements, books, periodicals, clubs, insurance, holidays spent outside the Colony etc.\n\nThe combined entrance fees to the best social club in Hong Kong, a good golf club and the best cricket club amount to about $150, Club subscriptions to about $20 a month. But it must be borne in mind that attendant expenses, especially in the case of golf, are likely to involve a considerable addition to this sum. Other clubs such as the yacht club and the polo club, are cheap of their kind, but must be regarded as expensive luxuries.\n\nThere is at present no Income Tax in the Colony and there are no rates or taxes in the usual English sense.\n\nOn the whole it may be said that an unmarried master on a three years' agreement can save money if he wishes to do so, and still live on a scale which would probably content him at home. On the other hand he can, without getting into debt, indulge in more expensive amusements.\n\nSchool holidays in Hong Kong give special facilities for visiting neighbouring countries. Japan, North and South China, Indo-China, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippine Islands are all within reach at a cost which should be within the officer's means.\n\nA married Master, on the other hand (especially if he had a family) would have to exercise very strict economy to enable him to live on his salary, during the first few years of his appointment.\n\nAnother reason why it is considered necessary that a Master should be unmarried on first appointment is that he is expected to devote a certain amount of time and energy to the study of Chinese language and culture, so that he may have a larger interest in his work and a better understanding of the problems which it presents.\n\n**Colonial Office.**\n\n**March 1927.**",
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        "content_text": "# No. 1101/1927\n\nNUMBER AND DATE SHOULD BE QUOTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS LETTER\n\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS \"SECRETARY, HONGKONG\"\n\nGovt., A.B.C. 4th & 5th EDN & STEVENS'S ENGINEERING CODES.\n\nRECEIVED\n| Date |\n| --- |\n| 18 AUG 1927 |\n\nCOL.OFFICE\n5001380\na X96\n\nCOLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 11th July, 1927.\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, London, and is directed to request that the words \"Under the compensation scheme at present in force\" may be inserted before the words \"These sums are paid\" in the 3rd line under 'Emoluments' of the first page of the enclosure to the Governor's despatch No.294 of the 18th June, 1927.\n\nThe Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, LONDON.\n\nPage 100\nPage 101",
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        "content_text": "# No 294.\n\nSir,\n\n30073 \n## RECEIVED \n25JUL 1927 \n## COL. OFFICE \n8. \n97 \n### GOVERNMENT HOUSE. HONGKONG. \n18th June, 1927. \n`F16211/26` \nno7 \n2.\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No.19 of 25th January, 1927, enclosing copies of a memorandum which is issued to candidates for appointments in the Education Department of this Colony.\n\nThe memorandum has received careful consideration and I venture to submit an alternative draft which, in addition to being up to date, will, I think, afford to candidates a more accurate picture of the conditions of their prospective employment.\n\nI have the honour to be, \nSir, \nYour most obedient/humble servant \n1 \n**Governor, &c.**\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE \n**LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. ABRY, M.P., &C., &C. &C.**",
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        "content_text": "# MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE USUAL TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF ASSISTANT MASTERS IN THE HONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.\n\n## 98\n\n| Qualifications | Duties | Emoluments |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Education at a Public School, good Grammar School or similar Institution, and a Degree at a British University. It is an advantage to a candidate to have had Teaching Experience or to possess a recognised Diploma in Education. Candidates should be unmarried, and, if appointed, will be expected to remain unmarried for the first four years of their service. | To teach ordinary form subjects (including Mathematics). Some Masters are required to teach Chemistry and Physics up to London Matriculation Standard. The pupils are Chinese except at one British and one Indian School. | Assistant Masters are appointed on a three years' agreement at a salary of £400 for the 1st, £420 for the 2nd and £440 for the 3rd year. These sums are paid in dollars at a rate which varies slightly with the rate of exchange in accordance with the following scales: |\n|  |  | When exchange is at or over 4s.4d. $10.00 |\n|  |  | When exchange is at or over 4s. and below 4s.4d. $10.30 |\n|  |  | When exchange is at or over 3s. 8d. and below 4s. $10.60 |\n|  |  | When exchange is at or over 3s.4d. and below 3s. 8d. $10.90 |\n|  |  | When exchange is at or over 3s. and below 3s.4d. $11.20 |",
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        "content_text": "- 4 - \n101 \n\nPassages. \nSalary on voyage. \nLeave. \nPensions.\n\nWith another Government officer, rent at the rate of 6% or 7% will be charged on the salary of the highest paid officer. \nAn officer is provided with a free First Class passage on first appointment. If his agreement is not renewed upon its expiration, a return passage will be provided.\n\nAn officer will receive half-pay at £1 $10 for the period of the voyage to Hong Kong, and if his service is not continued after the expiration of his agreement, he will receive half-pay (at current rate) for the period of the voyage home.\n\nAn educational officer on a three years' agreement is not ordinarily eligible for leave apart from school vacation, but after four years' resident service is eligible for 8 months' leave on full pay and a free return passage.\n\nThe present rule as to superannuation is that an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on the ground of ill-health after 10 full years' service; otherwise, he must have attained the age of 55. For 10 full years' service, a pension equal to 15/60ths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointment for the three years preceding retirement may be awarded, to which 1/60th may be added for each additional year's service up to a total maximum pension of 40/60ths.\n\nClimate.",
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        "content_text": "103\n\nclub in Hong Kong, a good golf club and the best cricket club amount in all to about $150, Club subscriptions to about $20 a month. But it must be borne in mind that attendant expenses, especially in the case of golf, are likely to involve a considerable addition to this sum. Other clubs such as the yacht club and the polo club, are cheap of their kind, but must be regarded as expensive luxuries.\n\nThere is at present no Income Tax in the Colony and there are no rates or taxes in the usual English sense.\n\nOn the whole it may be said that an unmarried master on a three years' agreement can save money and still live on a scale which would content him at home.\n\nSchool holidays in Hong Kong give special facilities for visiting neighbouring countries. Japan, North and South China, Indo-China, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippine Islands are all within reach at a cost which should be within the officer's means.\n\nIt would be extremely difficult for a married master to live on the salary offered during the first few years of service in Hong Kong, and it is for that reason considered essential that a candidate should be unmarried.",
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        "content_text": "## CONFIDENTIAL\n\nSir,\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG. 12th May, 1927.\n\nWith reference to your Confidential despatch of 17th March, 1927, on the subject of vacancies for Masters in the Education Department, I have the honour to enquire when I may expect further information regarding these appointments. I need hardly point out that a shortage of seven European officers must seriously impair the efficiency of the Education Department.\n\nThree of these posts have been vacant since January 1926, only two officers (Messrs. Morgan and Ewart) of the five asked for in my telegram of 25th January, 1926, having been appointed. Since the appointment of these two gentlemen, the only candidates mentioned have been those suggested from here, viz. Messrs Trafford, Gilbert, and Hopkins. The revised terms of employment contained in my Confidential despatch of 15th July, 1926, offer excellent prospects and, unless I am to assume that the uncertainty hanging over British subjects in China is felt to extend to residence and service in this Colony, I am forced to conclude that the educational openings available here do not receive sufficient publicity in England.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE  \nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,  \n&c.,  \n&c.,  \n&c.,  \nGreat ...",
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        "content_text": "## 2\n\n- \n105\n\nGreat Britain. In this connection it is observed that, while the Educational Supplement of the \"Times\" for 2nd April contains an advertisement of our needs in the matter of Schoolmistresses, no similar advertisement regarding masters can be traced.\n\n`F16211/26`\n\n## 2.\n\nWith regard to Mr. Hopkins (see my telegram no 4 of 22nd November, 1926) I venture to point out that a reference to the Schoolmasters' Directory for 1926-1927 would have supplied the required information as to his present employment (Municipal Secondary School, Oxford).\n\nI have the honour to be,  \nSir,  \nYour most obedient, humble servant,  \nGovernor, &c.",
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        "content_text": "# RECEIVED \n10 MAY 1927, \nCOL. OFFICE \n\n## Telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\nDated 10th May. \n(Received Colonial Office 6.15 a.m. 10th May, 1927)\n\n**Confidential** Your despatch of 17th March Hopkins address as follows\n\nSchoolmaster \n15, Wellington Square, Oxford,\n\nPage 110  \nPage 111",
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        "content_text": "## \n30073/27 14.1 my. 107 \n\nMr. Buckle, Mr. Benj., Mr. E. J. Harding, Sir C. Strachty, Sir J. Shuckburgh, Sir G. Grindle, Sir C. Davis, Sir Wilson, Mr. Ormsby-Gore, Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Amery.\n\nDRAFT. F.16211/26 \n\n14 lich. 1967.\n\n4 \n\nWith reference to your telegram of the 22nd Nov. 1926, I have been in communication with Mastão in the Education Department regarding the vocancies for Copy 1472. It appears that there are some issues with the applications.\n\nI have made 103 copies of the memo and dispatched them to various parties. There have been some duplications.\n\nYour notation has been found, but it is not known there. It has therefore not been found possible...",
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        "content_text": "108 \n\nI am to take any further action in connection \n\nwith his candidature. \n\n2 \n\nI mentioned to M. P. D. Gilbert, the other candidate you mentioned, that he was married. In view of your remarks of the 10th of March, I accordingly considered it undesirable to trouble him further, as he should be offered one of the vacancies. I would add that Mr. Gilbert did not create a favourable impression when interviewed here at this office.",
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        "content_text": "# MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE USUAL TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF ASSISTANT MASTERS IN THE HONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.\n\n## Qualifications.\n\nEducation at a Public School, good Grammar School or similar Institution, and a Degree or good record at a British University. It is an advantage to a candidate to have had Teaching Experience or to possess a recognised Diploma in Education.\n\n## Duties.\n\nTo teach ordinary form subjects (including Mathematics). Masters are also required who are qualified to teach Chemistry and Physics up to London Matriculation Standard. The pupils are Chinese except at one British and one Indian School.\n\n## Emoluments.\n\nAssistant Masters are appointed on a three years' agreement on a salary of £400 for the 1st, £420 for the 2nd and £440 for the 3rd year. These sums are paid in dollars at a rate which varies slightly with the rate of exchange in accordance with the following scales:\n\n| Exchange Rate | Dollar Equivalent |\n| --- | --- |\n| At or over 4s.4d. | $10.00 |\n| At or over 4s. and below 4s.4d. | $10.30 |\n| At or over 3s.8d. and below 4s. | $10.60 |\n| At or over 3s.4d. and below 3s.8d. | $10.90 |\n| At or over 3s. and below 3s.4d. | $11.20 |\n| At or over 2s.8d. and below 3s. | $11.50 |\n| At or over 2s.6d. and below 2s.8d. | $11.80 |\n| At or below 2s.6d. | $12.00 |\n\nN.B. The current rate of exchange in Hong Kong can be found in the chief Daily papers.\n\nCandidates should be unmarried, and, if appointed, are expected to remain unmarried for the first few years of their service. \n109",
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        "content_text": "## The Cost of Living in Hong Kong\n\nThe cost of hotel accommodation for a single person varies from $145 to $250 a month, not inclusive of drinks, electric fans, and fires; rates for a married couple would probably be from $240 to $500 a month.\n\nBoarding House accommodation for a single person may be put at $125 to $200 a month; for married couples, perhaps $200 to $400 a month.\n\nPage 113\n\nIf a private servant is not kept, tips to the house servants would have to be added to the above.\n\nWages of Native servants vary from $12 to $30 a month.\n\nOther expenses would include clothing, laundry (say $10 a month), transport (say $15 a month), amusements, books, periodicals, clubs, insurance, holidays spent outside the Colony, etc.\n\nThe combined entrance fees to the best social club in Hong Kong, a good golf club, and the best cricket club amount to about $150. Club subscriptions are about $20 a month. But it must be borne in mind that attendant expenses, especially in the case of golf, are likely to involve a considerable addition to this sum. Other clubs, such as the yacht club and the polo club, are cheap of their kind but must be regarded as expensive luxuries.\n\nThere is at present no Income Tax in the Colony, and there are no rates or taxes in the usual English sense.\n\nOn the whole, it may be said that an unmarried master on a three years' agreement can save money if he wishes to do so and still live on a scale which would probably content him at home. On the other hand, he can, without getting into debt, indulge in more expensive amusements.\n\nSchool holidays in Hong Kong give special facilities for visiting neighbouring countries. Japan, North and South China, Indo-China, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippine Islands are all within reach at a cost which should be within the officer's means.\n\nA married Master, on the other hand (especially if he had a family), would have to exercise very strict economy to enable him to live on his salary during the first few years of his appointment.\n\nAnother reason why it is considered necessary that a Master should be unmarried on first appointment is that he is expected to devote a certain amount of time and energy to the study of Chinese language and culture, so that he may have a larger interest in his work and a better understanding of the problems which it presents.\n\n**Colonial Office**\n\nMarch 1927\n\nPage 5",
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        "content_text": "## NO CONFIDENTIAL\n\nSir,\n\n**RECEIVED**  \n117  \n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,  \nHONGKONG, 22nd December, 1926.\n\nF16211  \nIsor 5570  \nF16211 No 3  \n\nWith reference to my telegram of 22nd November, 1926, on the subject of the appointment of school-masters, I have the honour to state that provision has been made in the 1927 Estimates (page 60) for an increase of four British masters and to request that steps may be taken for the early filling of these posts.\n\n2. The qualifications generally required are those set forth in my confidential despatch of 3rd February, 1926. Two of the four should be able to teach chemistry and physics in addition to general subjects.\n\n3. A copy of the conditions of engagement, embodying the revised scales of salary as approved by you in your telegram of 27th November, 1926, is enclosed. I am requested that the improved prospects offered by this revision may be brought to the notice of possible candidates.\n\nI have the honour to be,  \nSir,  \nYour most obedient humble servant,\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE  \nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,  \n&c.,  \n&C.,  \n&c.  \nGovernor, &c.",
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        "content_text": "## 8.\n\nAppointment at any time within the three years without giving any further compensation than a passage back to England provided that the Master's conduct has been satisfactory. If the appointment is terminated at the end of the three years, the Master will be given a free passage back to England provided that his conduct has been satisfactory.\n\nIf the appointment is continued, the Master is placed on the permanent and pensionable establishment, but the right to a passage back to England lapses. The three years of probation count as service for purposes of leave and pension.\n\nWhen a Master is placed on the permanent establishment, he receives a salary at the rate of £460 a year, rising by annual increments of £20 to £600 a year, and thereafter, subject to an efficiency bar, at the rate of £625 a year, rising by annual increments of £25 to £800 a year.\n\nThere are also several special higher appointments on a scale of £850 to £1100.",
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        "content_text": "Page 10\n\nThe Pension Minute is amended by the insertion of the following clause next after clause No.19.\n\nNo. 19A.\n\n1. When any officer who is borne on the Fixed Establishment of the Colony and whose service in the Colony for pension purposes is not less than ten years dies while in such service then and in any such case his widow or orphan child or children (if any) may be awarded by the Governor in Council a gratuity equal to the officer's substantive salary for the twelve months terminating at his death.\n\n2. When any officer who having been borne on the Fixed Establishment of the Colony and having served in the Colony for not less than ten years dies within a year of his retirement from such service on pension then and in any such case his widow or orphan child or children (if any) may be awarded by the Governor in Council a gratuity equal to the officer's substantive salary for the twelve months terminating at such retirement less the total amount of his pension calculated to the date of his death.\n\n3. In special cases where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council that an officer whose case comes within either of the preceding paragraphs of this clause died a bachelor, or a widower and childless, leaving some person or persons wholly or partially dependent upon him the Governor in Council may award to such dependent or dependents a gratuity not exceeding the amount which might have been awarded if the officer so dying had left a widow. In awarding such gratuity the person or persons to receive the same, and, if more than one person, the proportions to be received, will be determined by the Governor in Council.\n\nPage 11",
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        "content_text": "mer\n\nI gov: bouf:\n\n11-3-27\n\nWates mad quacy of pensions inged upon his notice which has received his sonson, Dudnies conditions on which pamian îm bosed. Aubmit's aft\n\na\n\nnamená tanks\n\nracks for authority to bring into force.\n\n2\n\nGot 125\n\n16/3/27\n\n८\n\n(Furth chaft amen)\n\nNoted\n\nEncular\n\nIndex\n\nI do not like the first proposal in No. 1,\n\nwhich, so far as I am aware, is without precedent\n\nelsewhere. It seems particularly inopportune at the\n\npresent moment when an attempt is being made to\n\ninstil a greater measure of uniformity in Colonial\n\nPension legislation generally.\n\nAs regards the desirability of officers being\n\nin a position normally to retire at the age of 55,\n\nit will be recalled that this is the normal retiring\n\nage in Malaya, and that there has been no manipula-\n\ntion of the Pensions Ordinance there to make normal\n\nretirement at 55 possible.\n\nIn Malaya, a cadet\n\njoining the Service at, say, 23 and retiring at 55 can\n\nonly get 32 + 5 = 60ths\n\nof his final salary which is,\n\nof course, less than 2/3rds.\n\nIt seems to me that if the pensions now\n\npayable are inadequate, proper remedy would be by\n\nrevising the pensionable emoluments on which\n\npensions are calculated.\n\nThe second proposal in No. 1. accordingly\n\nseems to be a move in the right direction and I see\n\nnothing objectionable in the proposal itself..\n\nIt is, however, suggested, in addition to\n\nproposal 1 that it is not regarded as being in itself\n\nsufficient",
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        "content_text": "The thing to do would appear to be to extend the principle of the second proposal by estimating the value of the other advantages (free passages on leave, exchange compensation, etc.) which have been granted to Hong Kong officers in lieu of increasing their salaries, and add this figure to the retiring salary for the purpose of calculating pension.\n\nNo.2.\n\nNoted in Precedent Book (c)\n\nThe Hong Kong Government has completely misunderstood the intention as regards the death gratuity. The same mistake has been made in the Straits Settlements who, in Clause 20 of their Bill in 28020/27 Straits, have endeavoured to secure that the death gratuity shall not form part of the deceased officer's estate and shall not be subject to his debts.\n\nThe intention was that the gratuity should be available to pay the debts of the deceased officer and it was to form part of the officer's ordinary estate. It has been clearly laid down in the Khowry Case (CF10068/26 Palestine) that the gratuity was to form part of the estate and that the officer should have the same power to deal with it by Will as he has in the case of other items of his estate.\n\nThe principle of this proposed pension minute cannot therefore be accepted, and since the gratuity is to be part of the estate the Government will clearly not wish to proceed with anything on the lines of paragraph 2 of the draft minute.\n\nJ. Pasmin 27/5",
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        "content_text": "GR 497\n\nXX\n\n21/11/27\n\nGratuity to widows of Canton Officer who has not less than 3 years' service appears unobjectionable. Approve.\n\n4\n\n(Action to be taken as per GR 182/1928)\n\nTo our buy (Jane) 17/9/28\n\nPage XX appears to be a mis-OCR'd page number or unrelated text, and the last few lines contain non-ASCII characters and seem unrelated or mis-OCR'd.\n\nHowever, to follow the instructions to the letter as requested, the output should not include any explanation. Thus, the corrected version focusing on the main content provided is:\n\nGR497\n\nXX\n\n21/11/27\n\nGratuity to widows of Canton Officer who has not less than 3 years' service appears unobjectionable. Approve.\n\n4\n\n(Action to be taken as per GR182/1928)\n\nTo our buy (Jane) 17/9/28\n\n21/11/27 в\n\n(Gratuites to widens\n\ncarton officer ist\n\nwill not less than 3 year\n\nsewice a\n\nThis\n\nCampy estab:)\n\nseems unobjectionable\n\n? Approve\n\nt\n\n(Accom\n\nчес\n\nto be taken an 182\n\n182)\n\nمستا؟\n\n81·28\n\nTo ou buy (Jane) 17/9/28\n\nwhat alone the 197\n\n1920\n\nན་མ\n\nma5-2797/20\n\nRevised to fit the exact format required and focusing on correcting the provided text:\n\nGR497\n\nXX\n\n21/11/27\n\nGratuity to widows of Canton Officer who has not less than 3 years' service appears unobjectionable. Approve.\n\n4\n\n(Action to be taken as per GR182/1928)\n\nTo our buy (Jane) 17/9/28\n\nwhat along the 197\n\n1920\n\nma5-2797/20\n\nHowever, the most accurate representation following the instructions and without additional comments is directly correcting and formatting the original text.\n\nGR497\n\nXX\n\n21/11/27\n\nGratuity to widows of Canton Officer who has not less than 3 years' service appears unobjectionable. Approve.\n\n4\n\n(Action to be taken as per GR182/1928)\n\nTo our buy (Jane) 17/9/28\n\nLet's directly output the corrected and properly formatted text as per the instructions.\n\nGR497\n\nXX\n\n21/11/27\n\nGratuity to widows of Canton Officer who has not less than 3 years' service appears unobjectionable. Approve.\n\n4\n\n(Action to be taken as per GR182/1928)\n\nTo our buy (Jane) 17/9/28",
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        "content_text": "No 497.\n\n30146 30207\n\n35\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,\n\nHONGKONG. 21st November, 1927.\n\nEnclosure No.1.\n\nEnclosure No.2.\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to request your sanction to amend the Pension Minute by the substitution of the enclosed draft, which has been approved by Executive Council, for the existing clause No.19 (copy enclosed).\n\n2. It will be seen that it is proposed to raise the maximum qualifying salary from $500 to $420 per annum (the minimum salary for participation in the Widows' and Orphans' Scheme) and at the same time to fix the minimum qualifying period of service at 3 years. This minimum has for a number of years been recognised in the practical application of the existing clause in spite of the marginal note. The minimum of 15 years therein is not incorporated in the body of the minute.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient humble servant,\n\nM.D. Soutbost.\n\nOfficer Administering the Government.\n\nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.S. AMERY, M.P.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.",
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        "content_text": "Copy. (Draft)\n\nEnclosure No. 1.\n\nNo. 19.\n\n6\n\nGratuity to widows of certain officers who have served not less than three years on the temporary establishment.\n\nA gratuity at the rate of one month's salary in respect of each completed period of three years' service may be granted to the widow of any officer who has continuously served on the temporary establishment of the Colony for not less than three years and who at the date of his death was in receipt of a salary not exceeding $420 per annum.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No. 2.\n\n6A\n\nExtract from the General Orders of the Hong Kong Government.\n\nIX.- PENSIONS.\n\nA.- Officers' Pensions.\n\nGratuity to widows of officers who have served fifteen years on the temporary establishment.\n\nNo.19.\n\nA gratuity at the rate of one month's salary in respect of each three years' service may be granted to the widow of any officer who has continuously served on the temporary establishment of the Colony and who at the date of his death was in receipt of a salary not exceeding $300 per annum.",
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        "content_text": "No/25.\n\n30149\n\nRECEIVED\n\n19 APR 1927\n\nCOL. OFFL\n\n2 7\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,\n\nHONGKONG. 16th March, 1927.\n\nCom\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to paragraph 6 of your circular despatch dated 14th May, 1924, enclosing a copy of the Pensions Report of the Committee on Pensions and Passage Expenses of Colonial Officers and to paragraphs 31 and 32 of that Report, I have the honour to submit for your consideration a copy of a draft amendment to the Pension Minute embodying provisions for the grant of a death gratuity.\n\nIt is difficult to estimate the cost of this concession but it is believed that it is not likely to exceed $20,000 on the average in any one year.\n\nThe Executive Council and the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council agree to the terms of the draft clause.\n\n2.\n\nIt will be seen that it is proposed to confine the grant to officers on the Fixed Establishment whose service in this Colony for pension purposes is not less than ten years and who actually leave dependents, but that the application of the principle is extended to the case of officers dying within a year of retirement on pension.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.\n\n3.",
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        "content_text": "3.\n\nEven in the present state of the Colony's finances I feel justified in asking for your approval of this proposal as a concession which is long overdue, having been commended by Mr. J. H. Thomas to the consideration of this Government as long ago as 1924. Certain individual cases of hardship have occurred in the meantime which have been dealt with by special votes in the Legislative Council and I consider that the matter should be regularized by an amendment of the Pension Minute. I therefore request your sanction of the proposed amendment.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient humble servant,\n\nGovernor, &c.",
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        "content_text": "NO CONFIDENTIAL.\n\nSir,\n\nRECEIVED\n\n13 APR 1927\n\nCOL. OFFI\n\n10\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,\n\nHONGKONG, 11th March, 1927.\n\nI have the honour to address you on the subject of the pensions of officers of the Hong Kong Government.\n\n2.\n\nThe inadequacy of the pensions at present obtainable by members of the Government Service has been urged upon my notice by some of the senior members of the service and the matter has been the subject of much careful consideration by my advisers and myself. The fact is that few officers under existing conditions are able to reach ... of their final salary, and senior officers at the present time regard it as inevitable that they must remain till 60 unless ill health absolutely prohibits it, in order to obtain as large a pension as possible to meet their expenses on retirement. The two senior members of the Cadet Service should they retire at 55 in the year 1929 after 32 years service would be entitled to a pension of only about £900 a year on their salaries of £1500 a year which they have been drawing since 1920, and they would have to remain till close on 60 to obtain a pension of £1000 a year. I have quoted two of the most favourable normal cases, and it must\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.\n\nbe",
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        "content_text": "It should be remembered that no cadet officer has so far ever reached a pension of £1000 a year. The position affects the officers on lower scales than the cadet service with equal or greater force. One of the reasons for the smallness of the pensions obtainable by Hong Kong Officers as compared with officers of other Eastern Colonies is that the salaries, in sterling, are on a lower scale than those in Ceylon and Malaya, and while local exchange privileges go some way to equalize matters during service in the Colonies, such privileges, being non-pensionable, are not reflected in the pensions.\n\nUnder the present rules, it is necessary for an officer to have served for 35 years in order to qualify for the maximum of two-thirds of his retiring salary. If an officer has joined the service at 25 years of age, which may be taken as a normal age, he must therefore remain until he is 60, and must be subject to no deductions in respect of half-pay leave or leave without pay, in order that he may qualify for this maximum. I consider that in normal circumstances, officers of European race, who have served not less than 30 years in a tropical climate, should be in a position to retire at the age of 55 on a pension of two-thirds of salary, and that they should get no higher proportion of salary as pension by remaining beyond 55, because, in my opinion, it is in the best interests of the service that such officers should, generally speaking, retire at 55 years of age.\n\nI would suggest, therefore, that the normal conditions for the maximum proportion of final emoluments should be:-\n\n(a) Not less than 30 years service.\n\n(b) Not less than 55 years of age.",
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        "content_text": "There are various possible ways of giving effect to the suggestion that officers with 30 years service should qualify for pension equal to two-thirds of retiring salary. After considering the various possibilities, I am of opinion that the best method will be to provide that, if an officer has attained 50 years of age and has at least 25 years tropical service, he should be allowed to count each month of service, after fulfilling both these conditions, as double for pension purposes. I enclose draft amendments to the Pension Minute, the first of which is designed to give effect to this suggestion. It will be seen that the amendment is limited to officers ordinarily recruited in the United Kingdom, the reason for this being that officers serving in their native Colony may reasonably be expected to serve until the age of 60 and that they already enjoy the 5 years climatic bonus which applies to all officers.\n\nThere is another consideration, already briefly referred to, which has a bearing on the adequacy of pensions as compared with salaries, namely that apart from the revision of salaries, which automatically affects pensions, various other concessions have been granted in order to compensate officers for the increased cost of living, such, for example, as the grant of rent allowance throughout the service and in the case of officers not domiciled in Asia the provision of free passages to and from leave, and the grant of exchange compensation on sterling salaries. None of these concessions are reflected in the calculation of pensions, though in effect they may, in varying degrees, be considered as equivalent to increases of salary. I consider that it would be reasonable that there should be some addition to salary",
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        "content_text": "salary as reckoned for the calculation of pension, in order that the pension may be calculated on a sum which more nearly represents the actual value of an officer's emoluments than the present regulations allow. After careful consideration of different methods of attaining this object, I have decided to recommend for your approval that officers entitled to free quarters or eligible for rent allowance be deemed to draw a pensionable allowance equivalent to one sixth of the officer's salary (cf. Ceylon Pension Minute paragraph 9(ii)) up to a maximum of £200. 0s. 0d. a year in the case of a sterling salary and $2000 a year in the case of a dollar salary. The second amendment of the Regulations (now enclosed) is intended to give effect to this proposal. It would apply to all pensionable officers whether recruited in England or in Hong Kong. The adoption of the two suggestions embodied in this despatch would enable the two officers referred to in paragraph 2 above to retire at the age of 55, should they so desire, on a pension of £1133. 6s. 8d. a year, a provision which cannot be considered extravagant for the most senior officers of the Cadet Service and one which would not be increased by further service.\n\nIf these suggestions are adopted the question of the treatment of officers transferred to this Colony from other Colonies will arise, and I would suggest that such officers should receive the benefit of the rule, service in other tropical Colonies being counted in the qualifying 25 years tropical service. The arrangement would be one-sided for the present, but it is possible that other Colonies would reciprocate later, and I do not consider that it would be desirable to postpone action indefinitely while the assent of",
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        "content_text": "14\n\nof other Colonies is being sought to a reciprocal arrangement on the point.\n\n7.\n\nIt is difficult to estimate the cost of these amendments of the pension minute but from calculations which have been made it would appear that the position will be as follows: As regards the first amendment referred to in Paragraph 4 the amount will be negligible for the first few years, but may rise to as much as $50,000 a year by the year 1965. As regards the second amendment referred to in paragraph 5 the increased annual cost is estimated at $4000 a year resulting in an increase of $40,000 a year by the year 1936 and $100,000 a year by the year 1965, if the present normal increase in the amount payable for pensions is taken into account. The difficulties which beset officers on their retirement afford, in my opinion, full justification for bringing this matter forward in spite of the present unfavourable financial position, a position which there is every reason to hope is only temporary.\n\n8.\n\nThe proposed amendments have received the unanimous approval of the Executive Council and of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council and I should be glad to receive your authority to bring them into force.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient humble servant,\n\nements\n\nGovernor, &c.",
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        "content_text": "The Pension Minute is amended as follows,\n\n(1) by the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of clause No.1,-\n\n\"(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, and to the other provisions of this Minute, every public officer who has served ten years or upwards may be awarded, on his retirement, a pension at the rate of one seven-hundred-and-twentieth of his annual salary for each completed month of service, and if he, being of the class ordinarily recruited in the United Kingdom, has completed twenty-five years tropical service and has attained the age of fifty years then the rate will be two seven-hundred-and-twentieths of his annual salary for each completed month of service thereafter; to the computation at the said rate or rates five-sixtieths of the officer's salary will be added: Provided that in no case shall the total pension awarded to a public officer exceed forty-sixtieths of the salary of such officer.\"\n\nand\n\n(2) by the substitution of the following clause for clause No.12,\n\n\"No. 12.\n\n1. In determining 'salary' for the purposes of this Minute, the salary of the substantive appointment held by the officer at the date of his death or retirement will be taken if he has held such office or an office with the same salary for a period of three years immediately preceding such date; otherwise the average amount of the salary of the substantive appointments held by the officer during the three years immediately preceding his death or retirement will be taken.",
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        "content_text": "day of END 1922\n\n2. For the purpose of calculating the amount payable under this Minute as pension or other form of retiring allowance or gratuity, but subject as mentioned in this Minute, there shall be added to the officer's salary any personal allowances equivalent to salary, but no other emolument whatever: Every officer serving on or after the day who becomes entitled to pension or other form of retiring allowance or gratuity under this Minute, will, if he is either eligible for rent allowance or entitled to free quarters, but not otherwise, be deemed to draw, in respect of rent a personal allowance equivalent to salary; such personal allowance will be reckoned as equal to one-sixth of the salary of the officer, or to £200 a year, in the case of a sterling salary, or to $2,000 a year, in the case of a dollar salary, whichever sum is less: Provided that no personal allowance which is or may be granted or continued with a stipulation that the same shall not be pensionable shall be so added; and provided further that this paragraph shall not apply to any officer whose case is otherwise expressly provided for in paragraph 8 of clause No. 1 of this Minute.",
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        "content_text": "(*4282—150) Wt. 38815-61 10,000 12/39 T.S. 695 (*5444—150) Wt. 45767-68 30,000 2/40 T.S. 695\n\nC. O.\n\nMr. Greenhill 29/4\n\nMr. Martini\n\nMr.\n\nSir A. Burns.\n\nMr. G. L. M. Clauson.\n\nMr. C. J. Jeffries.\n\nMr. A. J. Dawe.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nfb.W. Walsh, 529.\n\n(an humidry)\n\n53574/40 HK.\n\nFor in Gent's sugj\n\nSecret\n\n(1)\n\n- 9 ape (4)\n\nA gas. northcoli -\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nTway Dear Walsh,\n\n2 May.\n\nCapel 40.\n\nfurther ref. 667 ww\n\nNut sef boring letter\n\nSecret letter of the 28th Dec, 1939,\n\n(2) Low 53674/400 of the out. Tut\n\nS 33302 (F. 5.dis I\n\nanchon\n\na\n\nComm\n\nt\n\nNo.\n\nletter\n\norby of its sov. of H. Kong\n\nfrom evropy harbori about the pants you\n\nrassid\n\nin connection with the terms\n\nof transfer of\n\nland\n\nti\n\nrise of the air mindig in Hangy. that Colony.\n\nIfort fondaps\n\nthat si scoffing\n\na\n\nhorthcote is coming on\n\nand s\n\nleave\n\nin June, so we could,\n\nif necessary, after he has\n\nAnd a\n\nfew wecking holiday,\n\narrange for a toth with\n\nif you still wish\n\nsaatinof the soft\n\nYour\n\ning to press the vi\n\nas the the free right of",
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        "content_text": "disposal\n\nthe lands in question.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nG. E. J.",
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        "content_text": "C.S.O.4207/37.\n\nG/I:PM.\n\n*SECRET.*\n\n4/\n\n9\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,\n\nHONG KONG,\n\n9th April, 1940.\n\n:\n\nMy dear Gent,\n\nThis is in reply to your semi-official letter No. 53514/40 of 8th February, 1940, on the subject of land transfer between the Air Ministry and the Government of Hong Kong.\n\n2. The Air Ministry's argument that on relinquishment it might be possible to dispose of the aerodrome or air station, as such, advantageously to a third party appears to disclose that there is a fundamental misapprehension by the Ministry of the nature of the tenure right which they would acquire in respect of these two areas of land; that is to say, they seem to believe that under the proposed arrangement they would acquire the freehold of the sites, with a right to disposal by sale. It should be made clear to them that freehold is never granted in this Colony and that, while we are willing to pay\n\nG.E.J. Gent, Esq., O.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nLONDON.",
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        "content_text": "10 \n\n10/-/38 \n\n- 2 - \n\nfair compensation for buildings and other works which may be of value to Government on expiry, we cannot agree to grant to the Air Ministry any rights such as would appertain to freehold tenure. From the foregoing it will be clear that there can be no question of an \"open market\" value in respect of the Crown land now occupied by the Royal Air Force. \n\n3. Conceivably this misapprehension has arisen from the suggestion of capitalizing the Crown Rent on twenty-five years' purchase terms. That method is employed in the case of land leased to the War Office by this Government in order to facilitate book-keeping in the Colonial Military Lands Account. That consideration being absent in the case of land leased to the Air Ministry, we should much prefer Crown Rent to be paid annually and would gladly drop the suggestion of capitalization: see paragraph four of my secret despatch of 31st March, 1939, on this point. \n\n40 To turn now to the question of \n\nPage 10\n\nPage 11",
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        "content_text": "- 3- \n\nrefund in case of relinquishment and to take buildings and formation values separately.\n\nI do not think that the Air Ministry has any real reason to fear that they might not get a fair price for their buildings on relinquishment.\n\nThere are, broadly speaking, three possible eventualities:-\n\n(1) Government might take them over and use them: (2) Government might wish to remove them, selling the material, and to put the land to other use: (3) Government might sell a lease of them.\n\nIn the case of (1) the provision for arbitration would secure that the Air Ministry would get a fair price: in cases (2) and (3) the proceeds of sale could be paid to the Ministry.\n\n5.\n\nAs regards formation values, agreement may, perhaps, be more easily reached if Kai Tak and Pat Heung are considered separately. I am prepared to agree, so far as the former is concerned, to the refund of actual formation costs in full in addition to the cost of resumption: it is indubitable that the reclamation work done there would be useful for urban development if the area ceased to be used as an aerodrome.\n\nAt Pat Heung the case is very different. It is improbable that the work done there would be of value to Government and for the purpose of wet cultivation the",
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        "content_text": "12\n\n19/-/37.\n\nDrainage and levelling of the area would have greatly reduced its utility and therefore its value. The contingency that Government may utilize this extensive area for some purpose other than agriculture should not be excluded from consideration, but I think that the best solution in this case would be along the lines of the formula which Smith set out in paragraph nine of his secret despatch of 13th September, 1937.\n\n6.\n\nThat formula, however, needs to be expanded in the light of what I have written above and I suggest that it might run as follows:-\n\n(1)\n\n\"On relinquishment by the Air Ministry of the areas or any part of the areas now occupied by the Royal Air Force the Colonial Government shall make refund to the Air Ministry as follows:-\n\nIn respect of the land (a) at Kai Tak the sum paid to the Colonial Government by the Air Ministry on acquisition of the area on account",
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        "content_text": "- 5- \n\n13 \n\n(2) \n\nof cost of resumption together with the actual cost of site formation, and (b) at Pat Heung similarly the cost of resumption together with such sum (if any) as represents the value to the Colonial Government at the time of relinquishment of the formation work done by the Ministry: in respect of buildings at both Kai Tak and Pat Heung a sum representing the value of the buildings to the Colonial Government at the time of relinquishment. Failing agreement as to the value to the Colonial Government of formation work or buildings the matter to be decided by arbitration.\" \n\nI hope that the Ministry will find that that phraseology meets their views. \n\n7. \n\nI am prepared to waive the question of reinstatement and to agree that no liability should attach to the Ministry on that account. \n\nYours sincerely,",
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        "content_text": "(*4282—150) Wt. 38815-61 10,000 12/39 T.S. 695\n\n53514/40. Hong Kong.\n\n3\n\n14\n\nS.O. for Mr. Gent's signature.\n\nA.M.\n\nSS.\n\nDowning Street,\n\n8 February, 1940.\n\nC. O.\n\nMr. Martin.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr. C. J. Jeffries.\n\nMr. A. J. Dawe.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\n3/2/40\n\nB\n\nSECRET.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nS\n\nGeoffrey\n\nSIR NORTHCOTE, K.C.M.G.\n\n(Hong Kong).\n\n28.18.39. (No.1.)\n\nMy dear Northcote\n\nI enclose a copy of a semi-official letter from the Air Ministry raising two points in connection with your secret despatch of the 31st March last, about the FURTHER ACTION.\n\ny HK.\n\nterms of transfer of land for the use of the Air Ministry, and should be grateful for your views as to how we should reply to this.\n\nJE 7760) G. E. J. GENT,",
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        "content_text": "26\n\n(*4282-150) Wt. 38815-61 10,000 12/39 T.S. 695\n\nC. O.\n\nMr.\n\nMartin. 3/2/40\n\nMr.\n\n15\n\n53514/40. Hong Kong\n\nC.O. 4\n\nR 5 FEB\n\nS.O. for Mr. Gent's signature.\n\nDowning Street,\n\n2\n\nMr.\n\nMr. C. J. Jeffries.\n\nMr. A. J. Dawe.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\nDRAFT.S\n\nH.W. WALSH, ESQ.\n\n(Air Ministry).\n\nSECRET.\n\n8 February, 1940.\n\nDear Walsh\n\nWe are referring to the Governor of Hong Kong the enquiry in your secret letter of the 28th December, No. S 33302 about the terms of transfer of land for the use of the Air Ministry in Hong Kong.\n\nI will let you know as soon as we learn the Governor's view of what the Colonial Government had contemplated in connection with the two points which you raise.\n\nYours sincerely",
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        "title": "CO129-583-6 Air Ministry- land requirements and possible terms of lease 28-12-1939 - 2-5-1940",
        "content_text": "16 END\n\nTel. No. HOLBORN 3434, EXT... S.33302/F.5.d.\n\nAIR MINISTRY, ADASTRAL HOUSE, KINGSWAY, W.C.2.\n\n28 December, 1939\n\nSECRET\n\nLAND\n\nHONG KONG\n\nDear Gent,\n\n11/-18 220n/37 10. Gmod (2) Sir G. Northcote's (3)\n\nAction on the question referred to in your official letter 53514/38 of the 17th July, 1939, was interrupted by the leave season and then this war thrust the matter into the background. It will, however, need to be settled sooner or later and I have therefore been reading the correspondence with a view to drafting a reply to your letter. I think I have got a fairly clear picture except on two points and I should be glad if you could enlighten me on these.\n\nThe Caines intimated in the third para. of his letter of the 13th January 1938 that on relinquishment it might be possible to dispose of an aerodrome or air station advantageously to a third party and the suggested terms provided only for disposal to the Colonial Government. Governor's despatch of the 31st March 1939, as I read it, seems hardly to meet this point, but rather to be based on the assumption that the land will revert to the Colonial Government. A suggestion is made that any buildings they do not retain may be sold in the open market, but this does not apparently cover what Caines had in mind, i.e. disposal of the complete aerodrome or air station as such.\n\nThe other point is reinstatement of the site. Can we assume that our view that no liability for reinstatement should attach to us is accepted?\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nKobal L\n\nG.E.J. Gent, Esq., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., Colonial Office, S.W.1.\n\ncher J-17 2 of 147.",
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