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been.
I would therefore lay
down the rule that no Head
of a Department
can live
properly under £1000 a year
Again
as expenses
are much
increased since 1844, and as
more heavy
the duties of every Governmental Establishment are for than at that period, no salary
should now be fixed at a lower amount than that at which it then existed - of course to both these general rules exceptions may present themselves.
To begin then with the
:
Governor making every
allowance
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for the separation of the diplomatic functions from the Gubernatorial Office, I do not
see how a lower salary than
£5,000 can be assigned to Her
Majesty's representative in
Hong Kong. To entertain
here is a
necessity, and
with the above sum
Governor's table
may
the
be placed
on a par with that of a Second rate mercantile House.
Her Majesty's Envoy, with
much less demand on
his
purse receives £8000 a year and the Chief Justice of the Colony £3000.
The