The Chart. Ingfungshan
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respectfully petitions His Honour. Mr. Hillier. With much thanks for your recommendation to the situation which I have enjoyed for five years. Touching every public affair, I have hitherto been diligent and careful, venturing not to be negligent. The monthly salary is only twenty dollars, which is hardly enough to meet the expenses of my livelihood, but because I want now to support both wife and children and to pay for the rent of my lodging together with other expenses, it is not sufficient.
If my wages be a little increased, it would be enough. Therefore, thinking that it is no offence, I beg that you will ask His Excellency to go beyond the limit, so to show favour that a small addition to my monthly pay may...