of Salary as
21000,
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an amount
exceeding that received by the Surveyor General, under whose orders such an
Offices
would necessarily
be placed; and for exceeding the proportional rate
of Salaries allowed to the most important functionaries in the Colony. I
do not however be importunate for that in the altered
circumstances of the Colony, the great augmentation of work, the increased price of the necessaries
of Life, the high rate of House rentals, &c., the whole scale of official Salaries demand
revision.
My despatch #5485 Ultimo conveyed application for the Services
of a Foreman of Works: and I soon expect to be selected from the
Royal Engineer department, and with
such
an Officer under him the Surveyor
General could more satisfactorily supervise such part of his work as is
connected with the Sanitary condition of the City.
As
prepared to confirm the strong opinions expressed
by the Colonial Surgeon in his Report,
that much remains
to be done, and have had special attention directed to sanitary questions,
but I am bound to
state that compared
with most Chinese Cities, and with the localities occupied by