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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH AUGUST, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 301. The following Despatches are published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
M. S. TONNOCHY,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th August, 1881.
No. 55.
GOVERNOR SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G., TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 2nd May, 1881.
MY LORD,---I enclose for Your Lordship's information some copies of the Report of the Post- master General of Hongkong for the year 1880.
2. Looking to the increase of work in his Department, and to the thoroughly efficient way in which he does his work, I should be glad if Your Lordship would allow me to increase Mr. LISTER'S salary as Postmaster General to the same amount paid to his predecessor, that is, $4,320 a year.
This would involve an addition to the establishment charges of $960 a year.
The Right Honourable
THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY,
I have, &c.,
J. POPE HENNESSY,
Governor.
HONGKONG,
No. 82.
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
&c.,
fc.,
&c.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE The Earl of KIMBERLEY TO GOVERNOR SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.
DOWNING STREET,
13th July,.1881.
SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 55 of the 2nd of May last, forwarding the Report of the Postmaster General, for 1880, which I have read with interest.
2. I am glad to acknowledge the high terms in which you speak of Mr. LISTER, and though I cannot consent to the whole of the increase which you propose to make to his salary, I am willing to sanction the addition of Four hundred and eighty dollars per annum to his pay as Postmaster General, as a personal allowance.
Governor SIR J. POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.,
I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
No. 57.
GOVERNOR SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G., TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 5th May, 1881.
MY LORD,I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that Mr. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police, has applied to me for an increase of the salaries of the clerks in his Department.
2. Mr. DEANE invited my attention to the increase in the clerical work of his Department, conse- quent on the increase of the Police Force and other causes, and he pointed out to me, that while the pay of the other junior members of the Force has been materially increased within the last ten years,
pay of the clerks has remained the same.
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3. The salaries appropriated for the clerical staff of the Department, under the Estimates for 1881. are as follows :-
First Clerk,. Second Clerk,
Third Clerk, Fourth Clerk, Fifth Clerk,
$1,440.00 per annum.
960.00
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600.00
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360.00
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300.00
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