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Chinees Interpreter, I was called upon to act as Chinese diterpreter. to the Police Court, in addition to
my former duties as badian Interprcter
vy
to the Supreme and Police Counts, and Chince Interpreter to the Supreme bust but the Salvies Irons at the
time receiving were retneed to
£100 per
Aunum.
I will this
appear
that
Aune
than Tere years ago, I was cujoying
Salary of £7/2 per annum that
A
April 1852 my Salary was £462
in Ûpail
per Annum, and that at the
present time with a much
increased there of duty my Salary
has, after nearly
twelve
years
Service
D
been reduced to £400 per annum.
I would further add that during
the present year
an additional duty
was undertaken by
me and which
ho. been performed up to the present time, that of having the Supervizion
and responsibility of all translations Connected with the Colony, and that the discharge of such
saved the
Office has expense of the employment
of an official translator.
The expence of bringing up an large family precludes the porcibility of my putting by
thing out of
arry
my present incrus, and I would therefore most respectfully subout claim to an increase of Salary,
my