No, 8404.-DECEMBER 14, 1889.)
,809. I took this as no indication of the N.. W. current which by my sailing directions Fuxpected to find thoro
noon en
all botti
At 10 am, o... the 25th I was on desk and noticed we had got into smooth water. Then I concluded at once the current bad changed and that instead of a N. W. current I had a S. W.. one, with the wind and soa Betting in the same directions. During the forenoon of the 2ith the wind became quite light, and at the that
day I found he wore in Lat. 20.16N. and my foranuan observation put me in Long 118.E. I had hean steering previous to this N, W, by N., the wind was aboni N. E., but directly after eight bells 1 found she would not hond any higher than N. W. I told the man to keep her N. W. and she was steering N. W. when I wont below at 1.30 p.m. I lay down for a map then, and walep at 3.40 and came on deck. found the ship heading N. W. by W., I fried to get an observation but the was obscured and I was unable to do so. I asked the boatswain how the weather was in the afternoon. He replied that the wind was steady, and he had logged her twice and found her going & knots the first t me and 4 be second. He said she had made her course N. W, until the moment before I cante on deck. I then went below and mantled off her position on the chart
up
W. 18 miles distant from her position at noon. The ship heading in this position, I projected a nurse and found it would
tako me no further to windward of the Praias reuf, that about 3 miles. I thu considered that in view of the Fach that I had a S. W. currust my only safu conrea was to s'eer west until I gat leeward I felt perfectly antialiod at with the S. W current at six miles I should be safe in du- ing this. Igwo instructions accordingly. Just about sun-down I
mur loft Bunt a And told him to remain her until the m went down and see if he could see anything. He came down sitor ten or fifteen ainulea
to be seen. and
Hardly ex was
:
FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR.
That our Xtune season out here has much mor of the pantomime about it 1lian vo could wish, shorn as it is of many of its.
ust enjoyable surroundings.
be vastly increased by the year praiseworthy efforts of our A.D.O. in got. isg up a real live Xoga Pantomime for Boxing Nighth That the richness of our recollections con
nected with Boxing Nights of the prat will be further enriched by the remem-
THE CHINA MAIL.
"THE" GOAN AND THE OROWN AGENTS.
principally to the rise in the price of In the case of resident Members of the Ser food, Fish, vegetables and oil have | yice— greatly increased in cost, and so have (b.) does not apply with such forco, nur Breweed and charcoal":
Joes (d.) Imported articles have increased in (d) for us Bonding children tu England.
and the rise has been, generally concerned, otherwise the paso of te- speaking, in proportion to the fail insidents is much the same as that of exchange
those appointed from homa (e) The cost of Medical Attendance has 5. In the case of the Officers first inention. also increased. The annual for has ed (ie. thisso appointed from home to fill risen
from
not think we over estimate the reasonabls. to 810. (f) In the cue of Offoers who have fami- sxpenditure of a married Offices it wo state
lios to maintain or educate in England, it s follows • and who have not the privilege of romitting at the par of
of exchangs the1. decreased purchasing power
85 to
continuance of which is alike discredit.
sideration. I have devised scheme, after able to science and civilisation. That oa Sanitary grounds Chinese crackers that I wish yet to refer to The first is to the test of individual cases, proved more The Chairman-There are no matters hems, all of which have, when brought have something to recommend them, but with referonos to the leau I find, what I lean objectionable. This plan which the sum botol of a salute is empty had at one time forgotten, that nothing has taking all in all, the beat I have seen. has been eventually decided upon it, sound. That its likenees to the Home Festival will esidence given at the inquiry, that boon mid off at presel 100%, when it No, plan, can by any monus bo porfest.
this
loan is to be paid off until when it was an old gan the piece bred
must will all be paid off as the same time. Every plan you can device will bo That the annual meeting of the City Hall,
wurely demand further investigation.
There are no drawings in connection with moro favourable than it ought to be on somo officials and less favourable to athore the log. We are paying per cont. on On the other hand, taking overs individual held the other day, was attended with all
Four por cont. goes to the bond Ou the pomp and, circumstance peculiar to holdere, and threo per cent, is invested at Caso and saying' what one should get by visits from 900 to: 8100 and single the higher Offices in Crown Colonica) wa di Buch occasions, and Hongkong luas onco campuine interest to pay off the loan in a way of Terme, would not only bo
but it i
possible it is scarcely off invidious paid brance, later on, of the Thiavish efforts That Captain Honnefoy, of the Dimnik, titanip sum in 1907, when it will be j
by altogether. The other point in regarding to do justice better in that way than his dignified and effective reply to the the Crown Agente. The arrangement was by'n roughtɛchomo. I suppose the same critciems passed on his brother officer of made in 1889, and it is this-We pay the difficulty is found slow hero. In Singa- the Natul, has shown tha: ho is a lover of Crown Agents a Tony susually of pore, after several device, they had to fairplay and aser ready to defend an 2200. Un loan business wo pay them 1% adopt the plan of a general rise of salary a That the Cycling Club is making much buying of goode-se pay them 1% he who are usually appointed from Hoine,
all other businesa---tan gummission, and
understand it, is
is that individual officials greater progress than thu Maxima Gon only other source of income to the Crown
shuit bo Corps, and mounted cyclista mig in Agents in the charge on overdrawn cat will in each bago make the amount of collara roid a fair sum in sterling, which An emergency be more useful than which is the bank rato with a minimum of
$%
of the A.D.C. That Ali Baba and the F riy Thieves" has been the thief of Time and no ond of troable for those who are engaged in that labour of love
That the machinery is working and the trial tripe are going on with wonderful avolors and anocess, and apparently all the world and his wife (and children) are going to see the Pantomime-many
more assumed its wonted calm.
abesut conirado.
A
here. The scheme of the committee, as I
of the doi
lar is severely folt Au education equal to that obtainable at home is not si present to be obtained here, and, more- over, on grounds of health alone, the children of European parents have to
3.
Rent and Tarce, Re- pairs, &c.
per month.
$100-£16 4 2
Food (860), Wino (816), Washing, Firing, Light ing &e. ($15) 3. Servants 4. Clothes,
be sent nway at the age of six or soren. 6. Life Inanrance, 6. On the 20th November the Commia
enthusiastic admirore having booked for That the some of ugliness was supposed to Formerly this charge used to be 5% they receive considerably in excess of what | zion met for the purpose of considering to f. Pun 12
That, inspired by their energetic and inde-
fatigable Stage Manager, all the princi. pale, chorus, and orchestra are hard af
troopers.
wera inyouted.
The
was cab.
facilities, I recom
List for. Suppose the officer now gote
Commission.that Brady, the murderer of mended its accope The dataila receive as an increase the difference between
Mr Burke, was waited on by u Sister of Mercy, administering spiritual comfort up to the morning of his execation.
umusal sadness,"
minda
what extant the salaries of Members of the Civil Service should be raised.
7. The Commission having reviewed all
fel
generally
8100–£5 42.
·8100–£15 4 20 8.50-£7 12. 1.
§ 25-£3 0 5I. return
in years. circa (Halt pay while in. Eng land),
8 23-23 16.01
$75 each circu Passages (once is 6 yours) £200 virus,
8. Doctors' fees, Medicino, Local Subscriptions, Or dinary Extra Expendi ture, 9. Bavings, (£100 per
annum,
$ 00-£9-29
$45-26 16 10
plus 1% for brokerage. There has been they receive now. That those who are on the whole series,
the Civil List shall receive the amount of That it is a base fabcjention, sown by the
have been reached when yellow shoes no wish to ba secret in this matter, I had dollars it would reg down in the Civil the circumstances of the case recommend 17. Two childron in England
to produce fa ater- enerns, that Ali and Cogie purpose hav-That a friend has attained a lower depth seheric came under my notice more than
simply forgetion the particulars.
ling what they are put ing us all'ortoast in the patter
of degradation au evolved plum-colour three years age, and as I thought it That Madmoiselle L'Etoile is said to be a
84,800, he would haveputagainst him £1,000 cd coverings for the feet. neat charming creature, and to her That i was disclosed t
chat offered in the beet the Parnell
that time to sterling. The proposal is that he should dancing-it has only to bo sorn to be
this it sa gate ca reciferously received.
out of one's It is very difficult $4,800 and the amount in dollars that is to be a walking encyclopedin in every do. required to produce £1000 now; the rata tait of gvernment.
the of differer co to alter every year according In considering the
to exchange.
Of course that cannot be from the smallest to the great
in liable to raise a questions and man has not the ad- these salaries have bocu raised Ecinto vantage of notice, I mention this is the hand on account of this very fall in the idea seems to have got about that there dellar. To give them exactly the sam
Safar advantago would not be fair. A car ain by the Secretary of State in such caser. amount of descrimination will be adopted by the the addition to the salaries of those Of coaree at the
of exchange prezent. rato who are not appointed from England- think it is 20 per cent.-would be lens
work with a Will(c), determined to make That we might her face bo described as of estimates, every detail in the whole service applied universally, because some
the
e performance a success. That the anarifics of time, personal conveni
escu and pleasurable recreation by the A. D. C. members can never be paid for, partly because it is all freely given; but. the thanks of this Community, ae expre grd sed by bumper houses at all the repre- sentations, should be forthcoming, and this could not fail to please and gratify the performers and pay the piper. That the tria-Hill, Lightwood, and Mag
succeeded excellently well in their love
of the Musical portion of arrare.
That the Harlequinado is extremely funny, and will bring out some shining lights in
the scrobatic line. the acroentic
That the fairer portion of the Thieves will rob the hearts of the apcotators, and Gordon's Sanitarium would be a place to long for were the fair once captured and traught thero in a batch for a bevy)--ofter the last perfecrance.
mime.
That the dresses pre ns profty and tasteful Be the fairest of my hair readers could imagine.
That it was known to few (not even to Brady that this Angel of Charity was the dister of the conclly murdered Burke.
That in the world's history there can have occurred few more striking instances of
laring thing enemies,'
BROWNIE.
MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE FINANCE COMMITTȚELN Provious to the meeting of the Council to-day a weeling of the Finance Committeg was hold, to consider the vote for the Public Works Department which was left over at the previous meeting. were present: Hou. A. Lister, Act-
There
some sort of scrrecy in the matter,
is
the Government is concerned there is no accrecy. On my own part it was pure for
atfulnces. I thought I had a general iden of the thing, but when I came in look at the circular I found my theory had misled
100.
of
On the suggestion of the Attorney Gero-than the amount of gain obtained by the larger salaries rai, the various emendments made on the those who wil have the BB were read-out, and it was agreed to re on a sterling basis Their's however would
· be a permanent increase, v whereas the f commend the Bill as amended.
cors paid in aterling, in case the dollar ziec in value, would not receive so large an in- Greaac. So it is a matter of doubt whether they really gain more than the other. I
THE COUNCIL MEETING. The Council then assembled, His Excel- leney the Governor presiding.
think the solution is as fair a que as it is possible to arrive at, at all events as fair
one as I have been able to conceive.
(a) That the salarien of officers selected in England, or holding positions which are asually filled up by odioers so selected, haring originally been fixed on a ster ling basis when the dollar was worth 4/20. should be raised to an amount in carrent dollars equivalent to their original sterling valat. The privilege enjoyed by a few of the officers of this class of remitting at the par of exchange should be withdrawn, and all such. officers put on an equal footing. (b.) The value.
That
of the dollar should¦ for the purpose of paying such sala fits to bacct on the average rate for the. veira mnatis next preceding such value to be fixed by the Legislative Council in
in the
Annual Estimates Such a
B..
rics
Total,
8 60-£9 20
-875-£37 8 11
12 12
Sat 3/4, per nouvai, $0,900–£1040 7 6
ateid rale,vizi 4/2-85,(4) per aubum, 0. As regards those Mombers of the Serv. ice who are resident in the Colony, and who are principally Portuguese, the rate of ex- a system would, the Commission
panditure is, naturally, considerably less ia informed, be similar in result to lie and would amount in a case similar to that practica which
in the Any given above to about $200 a month. A obtains in and in the
Tin the Consular service.
fairly represent the expenditure
F. CLARKE, deting Chief Justice. P. RYKIE. WONG SHING.
which
resident
higher clorical appoint
7. Unless these estimates are to be re- garded as utterly unreasonable, a referonsa to the table of salaries at present paid will show how small a proportion they bear to the expenditure which their recipients (who it must be remenabered are much more public men in the East than they are in the majority of cases in England) find them selves called upon incur.
"to sce the reef under 'any circumstances. However, Ikopt a good lookout all the time. At eight o'clock I folt anxious and Pent a man to keep a'look- out on the foreyard. The wind use then
(c.) That the salarice of other afficers who between $200 and $500 per month would on the starboard quarter. Ho had not been
havo suffered from the depreciation af might be
might be reasonably incurred by there woe than ten minutes when he sang
the doller and who non class many bu Officers holding the Dat breakors
ahead." I sang out to the
deemed to be domiciled in the Eastmonts, and by those non-roakdant l man at the wheel to hard a starboard and I
should be increased by 20 per cent.
oot Heads of Depar:memts, hold lot go the cross braces myaclf, and sang
THE INCREASE OF OFFICIAL SABABIES.,
(d.That with regard to officers sash a positions of responsibility. The salaries of out for all Lands on deck. The watch: bad
labourers, coolits and messengers whose junior unmarried Ofhours would, naturally, The first item in the Orders of the Day not turned in and they came on deok in an
THE AFTROPEIATION BILL 1890.
wages have from time to time fluctube in the proportion of tog of those of the ship
was the mution by Mr MacEwen That instant. On putting the holes up
The Council wont inte committee on the
sted with the local labour market no their Seniors. caine up tn the wind on the port tack, As That one of the many antiation which ing Colonial Seerotary (presiding); Hou. the report of the Committee on the question
Appropriation Bill for 1899, which was op
alteration should be made. the main yards were braced up the
weighs down the Committee of the H. E. Wodehouse, Acting Colonial Trea of oficial salaries be laid on the table.'
The Mil 018
roport of a Committee of Civil nen ran forward to brace the foreyards, but
A.D.G. is, that the French mail, with aurer; fun. A. J. Leach, Acting Attorney His Excellency-I am quite prepared, if proved by the Finance Committes with
Servants on ilio subject of the inadequacy of existing anlaries ie printed as Appendix before
Badmoiselle L'Eteile, may arrivo in time General; Hon. S. Brown, Surveyor Gena the Council wish it, to lay the report on the amendments, they get to the braces ake struck.
His table, I
Excellency-As howarer, you have some.
I understand, for the Dreae. Rehearsal, as so much deral Hon. N. G. Mitchell Innes, Acting | tabl The second time she struck, which was al-
I with it.
the estimates were reduced in a parti-II. and a rep et by the Hon. O. P. Unter most immediately, she unshipped the rad
rends on the part of Columbine. Registrar General; Hon. W. M. Deans, remarks connected
Mr. MacEwen-Well, Sir, I was going
cular which does
in on the increnad value of house property as not appear der. There was a heavy swell at the time That I hear every inch of the scenery is Captain Superintendent of Police; Hen P.
the
be laid on the table, the Bill. With reference to that Appendix [I], and every time she struck it was nimest
new, and painted
apecially for the Panto- Ryrie, Hon. Wong Shing, Hon. C. P.to move that
3 Bus Tale reporti
I was not appointed to subject, I have got a ro, art which will impossible to keep mo's feet. She wa
Chater, Hon. A. P. MacEwen, and Hou. As you are right with her starboard broadside on the
J. J. Keswick, and Mr A. Seth, Clerk of the Commission, and perhaps it might eventually be laid before the Council. It bo desirable that I should briefly suite has got to be considered. This report reuf.
Councils. We concluded to cut the biznes
what my views on the subject are. Un shows that, at the present moment, out of den doing so they fell over to star Away, and
The Chairman-A very considerable re- boaril. We sonnded then and found 24
oficials in this £7,000 unapent, so that the whole of fathome on the part sidu fore and aft and ý! That as I do not suppose any A. D.C. has organisation of the Public Works Dopart. donkitelly & rory great furdship has existed the £116,000 voted thorn remains a sum of
ever seriously undertaken a representa- ment has been in progress, and it has been lately amangat European offin fathoms as the starboard. We ended the
tims like that now in progress, it is not found impossible to lay before you the do- Culuny owing to the great depression that the $34,000 might have been voted well and found he had begun to make
beyond the truth to any that the Transfor-tails of everything suggested. What I has taken place in the value of the dollar and we should get by within the mark. I all have the figures gone into. The re- water. I don't know water was found in her then, but I thi.. it was about 10
anything ever seen on any stage between they stand and to vote a lump sum of It is traditional in the service that certain
that
at if the dollar was rated at the limo the iuclice. The ship was quite tight and wel
Suez and Wulivustock.
$13,640 16 cover the various now appoint alaries are attached to certain posts, dom find occasion to pump her. Theship still that a new dictionary must be found to do ments which will benade. The new appoint a Governor comes here as accepts various amounts were paid-taking the dit Office.
value in
have sterlingwo
this moment at of a first-class colony at a salary of concluded continued to bump, and I
That it worst we
had better the worst cut to the the wet realy.
gol We tried to get a boat uruz the boats the les aide, but we found the wreck was on the bottom and would not more,
About four hours after she struck the muler was about half
fway up to tho 'tweets deale beams. time I took my chart to the This was the first day the male had to get out of his bunk after his I slowed
on the chart where I thought
tho alip must bc. He agreed with mo, that wo could not ba
Anywhere elso than on the S. E. point of the reef. In the
morning we agreed that we should en deavour to
to get round the S. point of the
About mato, mato,
Athis
been able
accident.
Ι
reuf in the bats and shape a curso for Hongkong. There was a heavy on them. The steward had everything ready to put on the boats. The men had all come aft in a เหล
efore this and wanted the boats put body out as the ship was filling. We got our boats in position in the morning and the mate's host We had cleared any about eight o'clock. to put the buns over the weather side an we could not clear away the wreck on the starboard side. The mate had the whale, boat and with him were six seamon. The arrangement was that he should go off and I saw that his boot was rund wait for me. e ing away to the N., which was the opposite direction to what the should go. When I go away, air at two hours afterwards, I found. our boat going in the same ection in spite of our efforts to keep South. After joining the her to the Sou mate we cuncluded to keep en in that di reetion. I had wy sextant on board and buh the sun's altitude and found the bont found by the chart this this was in 20.5L
We had lost sight of the reef
“ሕ
Then I concluded that instead of striking
on the S&. part of the
the reef wo
we bad atrack
und that instead of
of lay!
6. P. CHATER, J. J. KESWICK, B. LAYTON,
pa
mation Scena will excend in effectiveness world ask you is to pass the estimates and the high cost of living csveod thereby nort shows that, taking the amount at who lied by Mr J. M. A. Silva, 1st Clerk, Au. ter apanding 5 or 6 years in the servico, it is,
the
Appendix I contains a specimens of the returas given the answers being these sup-
Mr Silva gives the wages of each of his
follows
justice to the fascinating beauties of the inente are specified in a printed.list, but it 000 per ansom, and so on down to paid something more than £7,000 less servants in 1874, 1879, 1884 and 1889 as That digestisfaction among the members of
fairies who give life to that acou
18
That
That
of
{ia nut proposed to sinbody them in the cslowest, until we come to the policeman than tho £16,000; and of course £7,000
tustes. To it the
the wish of the Committed to the
Inom have this list before them
Mr MacEwen Certainly, The lists were distributed.
Pho
nefrons.
1874,...Boy, 85; Cook, 80; Cuclio, 1870......Sam. 1884,Boy, 86; Cook, 87; Coulie, 96. 1880, Boy, 88; Cook, 68; Coolis, $0.
In answer to the question, How much had you to pay for the principal aetleles of consumption in the same years, hus gives the following table, the figures in which he says are taken from contrasts for supplying 1874 1879 1884. 1889
Boof, 1., Bread, 15., Butter, 16. His Excellency-Your guess may te Eggs, dez, Ducks, lb.,
Fowls, lb., The Council then resumed, and the Actor, Ib.. propriation Bill for 1800 together with Pork, ib.
supplemental Bilt for 1858, was read a thinl tire and passed.
That there a few residents here with pockets fall of money and hearia sa big
who expects to receive a salary of £100 par at the predat moment would be more than I does not matter until wo their purses,
they now have it
andum or its equivalent. It has toon $50, 00.
finally come to pay the money. whore salary customary in mercantile houser within their power to make many a
Mr Chutor-The reason why we reduced The Chairman-You will notice that there has been fixed in sterling to give the equi the vote was that the Colonial Secretary young heart glad.
if the little ones were all sent to see is an item, New appointmente 812,812 valent at the current rate of exchange, or i the Pantomime, who could reckon up the That is to
t is to provide for the salary of four of an increnss to the salary has been made in pointed out that the amount outstanding I have reason to boliave that was only £8,000, and we roughly estimated value of the pleasure thus given?
ficers
ot yet appointed. The the surrence. That the unofheint members of Council are others in the list are all in the Colony and the Qmmission have recommended that the £3,000 at $2,000,
His Excellency-What I have now bent upon auditing, and so far as an are boing employed now, although neto of it say the sterling sale of the get
ingreat to salary should is proportionate
unother view of the cana. Hospitals, do utaider can judge, the most obscure them are not being employed in the capa-allar. Personally I am rather inclined to I do not say where it comes from.. It cor items for andis are not local,
when the re- city they will be employed That the Colonial fico authorities may organisation is complete. Itison that account favour the formte plans adopted by meron-tainly is plausible on its side. Tanly received it ilsie morning. I think it will probably discover that this pootliar agitation to that we are not able to put the matter be- tile houses, and the salary is becomes be fournit vitrect obtain an Imperial audit, with triplicato fore you in a formal way. The men will be mere matter of adjustment. Of course it Me Byric-Wo can guess whore it comes vouchers, cuts both ways.
changed en ninch. The total coat the may bo argued that there is a little diferance. Tlut any act of the Agents con- taking off the Civil List, 884,584. That in regard to an increase to salaries, su to th audit of the Military Defence Department as organised is 894,024, or Anything like such a suggestion, especially expenditure,
sion or allowances, or the real value means an increased expenditure of 33,010 Imperial authorities like a red rag to a bull. the Observatory vote, appeurs to be as compared with what is put down in the Thero la tessa perling but in dollars. That
our salarica in ixepossible.
cebimates for 1800.
The Colunist Treasurer-There is long, I take it, that they criculate the equiva list of afficets here. Are many of these lens for the sterling at the exchange of 42
When an official accepts an already on the staff of the Department?
appointment i The Sun
General-Yea Surveyor
There is this Colony ho naturally asks what the pay nothing new in the list, except the appoint is in the currency. They any so many thou- When ho comes sand dollars parapented in pour da atez- ments not yet made.
out here what is rep ling is calculated at the 4/2
uf exchange. 42 rate of What does the ordinary Britisher know
Tats of about the rats exchange i If
you were of Commons in the prise People have an e
ilua etention bas and atten silver is been called to the matter
the Bimetal- by tho
That this check on expenditurs is the Bolitary crumb of constitutional freedom which falla, from the master's table in Downing Strout, to the starving and up- these far-awy pressed inhabitants
The Colonial Treasarer-The others were in the estimates before.
The Chairman-They were on the eati. mates animitted at last meeting
Crown Colonies. That therefore atherofort the very strongest neccssity for the fullest exercion of this privilege, and residents will be pleased to see the officials-and officials as well, for that matter, for Mr Lister spoke out with force and point --taking the bell by | rios. the burns.
Thin the battle will have to be fonglit out in Parliament, and it will rest with our
Ju
nicu of
pione in. the Honge of Commons,
hoard to celain, in insitation of his in. mortal naureske, My store: the fault, doar. Taser, is not in our stare, but in ourselves and continned to sweep the
hian.
The Colonial Treasurer-With the salto ask members of the locas of
sinto
Sage
Tes,
The Council adjourned to Weln sday Rico, ib...........
Coffee, b Oil, Lamp, I.,
in
next,
THE SALARIES OF OFFICIAL.
THE PROPOSED SCHEME OF INCREASE,
The Chairman-The salaries are not quite the same.
I was the great would bo unable to tell of the dollar, a a large
The Surveyor General-Tho salaries now
that
scheme.
ve
Per-
appointed by his Report of the Commission
Exceliency Governor Sir G. William Des Voux, K.C.M.G., to consider the question of an increase to the Ealaries of Public Officers,
COUNCIL CHAMBEE, Hongkong, 13th December, 1889.
(on the subject of
centa venta centa, veitta.
10 10 10 12
43.
8. It may be urged that, so long as young men are to be found willing to enter the service at the presont rate of pay; and to remain there, the rate must be sufficient, but we would submit that yoneg men are alwaysready to accept any offer which paars at first glance promising, and that, af
very difficale not impossible. for them to adopt any other profession, however dissat iafied they may be with their remaneration.
the Service is most undesirable is an opinion of His Bzellency to which he lms, an moro than one occasion, given expression.
5. I attach a list of the Blerics paid to a number of the Ofears in. 186) and now, both that, while from which it will be seen the population and the reveans have tuore thon doubled during that period, in only 7 out of 30 cases has the pay of those Officers on estimated in dollars been wercased, while, in all but two instances, there has been a
per cent) is the decrease (amounting in 32 cases to for 25
in which pay as estimated in ster
it must be remembered much the expendit
expenditure has to be
met
Appoint
ments winde more recently have not been so injuriously affoted, thought, as will be gaon, the unfortunate fall in the dollar has; left nous undisturbed.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedi
43
40
10
40
60
9 10 10 10 10
17
10
11 12
17
16
17
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ent servant,
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Appendix 11
K. G. MITCHELL-Innes,
Jor the Committee.
Hon. F. Stowart, LL.D., Colonial Secre-
tary, &o, &o, &c.
1800,
Ord. 13. 1680 Ord. 13. 1882
1300,
Namo of Ofir.
J M
8th August, 1889, N. Mitchell-Innes, Dr Ayres. D: Eitel. Sir, The Committed of the Civil Service,
Es, A. Seth,
A. K. Travere,
da Silva, Feq,, which was elected to repro- sent the views of the Members on the sub.
Governor and Com-
roander-in-Chief,.... 24, 2)- 25,000 - 5,000 3,850 Chief Justice,........... 12,000 11,000 2,603 1.80 Colonial Boerotary,....: 7,903. 12.04 - 1,500 1,095 Tufeno Jui
8161 1,500 1,240 1,800 Attorney General 4,800
5,000 700
Auditor General
Albiol nemre, 1,800
Surveyor General,
1,500
-K750
5,840
Registrar of Supreme
manter (Genenil... 8.51)
BBO 10.3 148
1,000 670
900 584
800 584
#Aa
800 900 10.0 Ex
19:00 730
8540
Court 8,540 5,010
Colonis! Chaplain, 8,816
is Surgeon..... 3,540. IS
Harhost Master.......
5020
1. At a meeting of the Legislative Council jeet of the inadequacy of the salaries at light and leading to eclect cliam- include everything in the roozganisedie Laagno, but it is not a subjact that hold on the 26th April last, His Excellency transmit to you, to be laid befaro Hi. Ex. present drawn, havu how the honour to rds the Governor appointed the Colonial Score-traumit The Chairman-It should also be man they care very amols about. As retary, the late Dr. Stewart, and the Tameliency the Governor, the view & ken by put me to the N. of the ceet, Roothe That the Director of the Observatory, ¿fter
་་ ་ there of the qucation under consideration. rending the debate on his work, was tioned that should the Scoretary of State the increeso to the Chinese and Port ciul embers of the Cenncil a Comuniss: In doing en they desire to tender theis. Palico Magistrates..... 8,00 nó doubt that the in the service, I I base apprors of this scheme it will be booked quest in upon as a final settlement. Of Conrad & Commission has carefully enquired into enquire into and report e
Mealers of the Civil Service on account of the Committee do not propore to the subject with so much mergy. department so recently arranged will not this matter and that the decision they have a general increase to the Salaries of th warm thanks to His Excellency for having receive any further increase by the other arrived it will be fully discussed
the decrease in the purchasing power of the scheme for the increase of anavien
sonally I am rather inelineal to think that dollar. On the 15th November His Excel- particularing the various items which The Registrar General -315,646 repre. L'ortuguess and Chinese in the Govora lency appointed the Acting Chief Justice to inve been specially affected by the full in
srvies are well
Faure many be di senta thos Istics of new officials.
ipaist
part of the quation ving been, doubtless, The Uhairman-New Rioista and nias vidual cases, and with them due considera act na the Commission in place of the Iste ho paratasing power of the dollar, that
Dr. Stewart..
with by the Committes already dealt the readjustment of the old. There are tion may be given to the fact that
The Commission mot on the 1st of May,
pointed for the purpose, but desire. simply think that they have tho sme claim ond de cided to isBite a Circular toall Offico 11 attention to the fact that the s laries Treants, Flat Clerk, 1, the
in cust
at prosent drawn ato, fu the Registrar
vast majority officers, I suppose.
make. There are at home thousands of
of cases, insufficient in view of the work Ada 2,440 The Surveyor General-I have not the well-educated respectable young English
done and the positions to be maintained.
It fan haidly be enside
Fire: Clarke, 2,400 be considered desirable
1,220 500, 299 mce who would be only too glad to come exact list. There are certainly not a dozen c
Sceans: 21 2 1,440 1140 new officers. From the list before me I out to a Colony like this and to scarpt the
Bled by Portugueso. e uld not see how many there are. They pay and
recommendation are all included in tho
on the N. E.apal calculated up we ing a S.W. current a lind N. W current.
rent. Shortly after 12 o'luck we got a lng sail fitted on our bast; the male's beat was already fitted with sails. We saw it was useless to try to koop up with the mate's boat, and he took da i tow. About dark it began to breeze up strong and continued, and we had to wast off. We kept in sight of such other. At 12 delock we had to hours to as it was blowing strong. At daylight next morning spied the mate's boat about half a mile below
us. We could not get very close to him, but we saw him and he waved his band to un signifying, I supposed, that he was all right. He was here to and we were drifting away from him. Last time I saw him ho was still hove to and lying N.B. of us. was about geven a.in. whell we were along sino of him. It blew strong all day and there was a tremendous cross sea. Al four o'l ek we set a httle sait. All that night there was a high ennfused sea. We con- tinued to get along slowly until 2an, on the 23.1, when we sighted and Wo got as close to it as we cont tben hove to
till morning, when we any a Chipcse juub. I thought we were to windward of Hong- kong, but the junk people gave us to under. stand that we were to leeward of it. I found out it was the east land of Lema we had mado The junk took us in
island
tow.
wa
At 12 noon it was pult. We were then west of Lamms Island, and we took to
our cars and pulled to Hongkong, arriving
here about 3 p.m. on the 27th. The whale
24th fill nou of the 25th was N 24 W. My compasses were tested a year and a bali agn. There was no deviation in them then. I found no doviation in them un this voyage. The male did not e my work while ho was
Lid up. I
check
and nobody
Mis was
That your correspondent * Mariner," who evidently knows a typhoon when he sees it, was a little serere when ho observed that what had been written on the Law
redured very exact science. That most of the public buildings in this The
of Storms alowed that it was not yet and $13,820represents all renta have increased, but I do wit
tutal
24
particulera under the following headings:
Colony hare been constructed with a over a dozen bewoneral-It representa ; Britishera Thero is one sugges'ion I would in the Service, requesting them to furnish |*****
minimum of comfort and a maximum of expenditure.
That when land surveyors are set to draw plans for buildings, little else could be expected.
1st. Salary and maltiments, 16
3rd. Servante
2ad. Rent,
4th. Prics of principal articles
of consumption,.
Bik. Other items of expendi
ture,
1879, 1884,
1889,
Jespe
able.
5. After due consideration the following
Hagistrar General,... 2.500 Privato Begrotary, 680. Chet Clerk, 3,4013 ick of Councils.....35)
Furst Heevad 41
Turk
#
נו
1700 700.100 *260 200 F10 1,990 1.320 20 9,400 1,000 403 --- 1,990
1,150 PEX 212
28) 50480 401 59%
Spon
1,010
Public Works Depart
mert
1,020
3.0
tent with the Sucrease in the work and a 1,920 importance of the various offices,
NEC
side of the Civil Service, orent out
2002.9
Fizit
1,020
400 992
Becond... 1,840
1,440
500 219
900
200 110
suprotan foart
t Office, Clerk ***** 22100
7,400
213
3,800 11500
262 10.0
2,700
*£10.15:0
800
800 20
Crown Bolictur, Deputy Registrar, 1,020 Clerk of Court van Judge's Clerk,.... 1,440 Harbour Offer—
First Clezky Become
a 1,520 * 1,920. ... 1,440 1,40:
His Excel when they come
quant upon the growing prosperity of the That it is to be hoped the Central Market sent by His Excellency to the Secretary of on, they always grutable and speak of
Colony, the salaries attaching thereto Post Offer, Assistant ahould fall to such on extent as either to will prore an exception, even although a State. It is only proposed, I think, to what they got at House.. beginning had been made on the old have four officers in addition to those at Mr MacEwen-I am strongly in favour
3. On the 24th of June the Commissup prevent marriage, or to drive Officers to systera.
present employed in Bie Department, of increasing the salaries of Europeans, as I re-assembled to consider the reports re-facek more remunerative That Mr MacEwen's suggestion, to put up
Ly gambling Mr Deane The advantages that may think they have been very badly used ceived.
4 The information obtained will be found in the stare market, to endear. ur to make. designs and contracts for public buiklings possibly be given to the rest of the scr.coring the past few years; sud I tipe that
their incomes office for the maintenance of to publio compotition, was most reason are now gives here to the Surveyor Ge with the full support of the nocficial men in Appendix 1.
bers and the sympathy, and approval of the neral's department.
themselves and their families. The follow That perhaps the perquisites of the Crown. The Chairman-Practically so, I under-community gaterally our efforts to obtain conclusions were unanimously arrived ing table will show the increase in the si
Revenus and Establishments of tho Colony fors I came ont; but these salaries have, I sucess. Auglier point that must be barne suppose, been computed taking that inte in mind is thislut the increnes will come
REVENUE. account.
out of a kcal fund and not an Imperial The Surveyor Goperal -The aslaries aro
fund
much pleasure in fixed at rates of which aritable offers AM Chater I fave much lea
161 seconding be obtained.
motion-That the report of Mr Deana It is presumed that, although the committee on the question of official That a large number of excellent architects the advanco may not be given to the rest salaries he tail on the table and published
and buiders must be playing the part, a at of the servico, still it will go to the Sur for general
information, an Home, of glorified clerks of worka?
Ageuls' sub-department might suffer by stand, The whole thing was arranged be an incremen for them will be crowned with | at ;~ards Cost of Living generally, referred to :--
anch an innovation. That had the Victoria College been built
by a private firm, as sould most likely have been the case at Home, it would not have coat hill, what the Colony has paid for it, and the roof would then have been made water tight
not
not
Goberal's.
when &
been. treme
(perump the agiting downline weid Forlaguese, tiga
amo to
live.
Cond
of its peoking until now, and the mnough out lieto and be in inft to make doka Eiropeans and China and Porta..
as
(t)
An regards
1880.
Firat Cezk
$1,900 900* 07
Second 1,0
The office of Puisto Judge ma establimbed 1873 when the aclary war froď at $9,18 - And Privata Practice. Including Auditorship.ed 3fzrged in an
No Privata Frastice.
the Commisa on arunaciously of opinion that, within the inst ten years 874 1879. 3854 it has increased 20 per cent, for Eu 8834,00 8964 030 81,171,003 81,737,718 alerged in Colonial secretarystulp ropeans and 10 per cent. for Chinese.
ESTABLISGMENTS.
Clothing
ing aloue is perhaps cheaper than $500 000 8301,402 $557,110 8595,319-5
it
was in
sole extor yoare, but
exception.
that i is the
circa MALGIN OF REVENUE OVER EXPENINIUAL
-ON ESTABLISHMENTS MAMA
APPENDIX HE Hoogkong, 10th October, 1889. Bir,As promised to the late Colonial
(.) In the matter of Rént, the G100 || $351,800 842,491 8814,082 8,143,399 Secretary, and for the information of the
ion find that it has increased from
to bins, abich of the Colony may reasonably expo
8100 and is no other m
alimale
tke
of the of
His Excellency Nobody having said That the important, adaission madu by the The Chairman-Even if the rest of the anything against it I am quita willing to
to 155
for cerit European houses,
Committee appointed to report on the ques boat Las not been heard of since, althansh
to the theagree to the rehnent. Surveyor General, that the Dreiger did service dues not get it, I do not a
tent saade in the motion and 100 per cent for Chinese houses. 4. Officers who have been selected in tiun of the proposed increase in the Sales a search has been made for it by H.MS.
Instances known to Members person England for special capacities who have ties of the Civil Servante of this Colony, I Cickchafer Our course from nuon of the work is a larger one good of making appointments with salaries I do not think it is necessary to answer the
would do, is valuable addition to the attached to them on which they
canaok Hon. member yet the thing has not
Illywers quoted and discussed. One passed severe examinations there, or who have now the honour to bring before your literature concerning var
live. I have condemned again Egg-spoon lire,
and again
I think there will be ex settled.
member inentioned. Đ ĐÁ
have by long and meritorious service nitalunatics the following particulars and natimees in drawing publicly Gripper.
was worth ed to ositions of importance in the Servios increas of the rentals of the That it would be interesting to see the now apprintuien is inado, f
inture
type must frequenteḍ by cost of the Dredger, from the beginning the satury to a at which it is ulti
ats is some of the subordin
of the rise in ront. Au- (a.) tu live in comfort (while forced to moderate means. imponsible for
rapka
reside in a hut and onervaring al er, mentioned the cont of pecking accomplished, sot down in
tungueso dang sluicet the same work, and the
his own tho for which, in 18 4, he parallel columns.
paid 6500 a month, and now in pleasant discovery. It sure to me that consequenos is that if you raised one and not
i 1880 he That, although I am not in favour of doing when we are reorganising a department, it the chr you would create very great is paying. 88. a mouth. As regends
away with all conventionalities, it is not to avoid that wise. Whatever friction. quite greu that outtain classes,
Chinew property, inatenges werequoted fatourable in
hopefalien of
it cer from the funt of their not having to remit, of ships, which, a few years ago, fetch- case may be with ther Fetaana it civilisation when a woman of Sasier tainly would be foollab to work ont a new merit less an advance. That is uno, but
ed from 830 10 940 a month, und wers teile
you three
seperate and distinct organisation for a departmani on such when you come to clamp te deig the line, now bringing in from $00 to 670 a what-do-you-callens in as many min principin. the sabies have therefore been I believe the line the committee hase chosen monili. In the one of Chinese e- ales, for no disoiverable reason. ffxid so that every officer, whatever his stopping at thead in the position of plūsta, rooms which could bu bad, a That the destruction of two gunners in the station, should be able to live on 1 is mulary. clerks the only prac bable one.
few years ago, fr $1 mouth, could prime of manhood is an appäiling That is the view you acted ou, is it not, is a practicable to dog ninaka-with- not be obtained now for than 63 or sacrifice to the Muloch of senselers Mr Drown?
yub going to this erunt However I 80% unthi otiquette.
The Surveyor General-Curtainly
may tell yum that it is a mattor that) had caused : We w ́ Test' pmount of con
to do that. When I left the ship alo foll of water to the 'tween deck benzin, and she was entirely dismantled. The hatched were not started; all the water came in." from balow. Before 1 lalt i concident from observation the water was level in: aide and ou
By Licut: McFarland, Í nover correctod I never found they my compasses at kos. wanted currection. I was perfectly satis fte of my position in shaping a course for Boogkong,
The inquiry was adjourned till Monday.
That maluting is a relic of barbarium the It was agreed to recommend the velo,
It
·
(n) In Servan! & wages, there has, be an rine of from 10 to 45 per cent, swing
from which their health must fetitably Terrie Seymur Termice, The Albany) and Robinson Rd, which were let a few auffer.) (6) to be able to take advantage of the years age for $180 a year, now rusline 8840 leave when due (1.8, to defray the cost and $720, and use bunces which turisto ly
let for 843 sunot now he rented for head of age to my 17, and the $1,210 year. And speaking p
of their pass-ges.)
TG.
en 30. years of age to
to
be in
position to send their chirally, retale for all eles if dwelling
dren to Regland and maintain them bones teder £1,300 a your have incressed
there.
meland at about the same rate,
c) to be able to inarro their liver and I have the honour to be, Sir, Your
to save aulicient to enable them on obedient Servant,
retirement to live in a certain degree}
O. P. CRATER
of comfort, for whiệu, their pensiora To Honourable A. Lister, Feng Cylonial wald in themselves be insuficient
Secretary,