21
allowed
Mwvoem
an increase)
4.50 per
of $20 for
amun
to
Mr. Grey, Chief Warden of Victoria Gaol, and £10 a month or £120
per
Annum
to M. Sing Qua, Chief Draftsman in the Surveyor General's Department.
2.
M. Gray has been in the
service of the Government
many
years;
his duties are
ever
for
and responsible, and they
have to be carried out within the precincts of the Gaol walls and
consequently in an
atmosphere which is
more or
less tainted
by the presence of prisoners drawn from the lower
classes of Chinese, and which is
not trying
to an
3.
In a tropical climate European constitution. There duties Mr. Gray
have
performed very ably and zealously.
And he has proved himself particularly useful to the Govern-
ment by
a considerable amount
of
practical Knowledge, which has enabled him to personally supervise various kinds of structural works that have from time to time been carried on within the Gaol walls.
I am, however, debarred
from holding out
to him
any
hopes of
ulterior promotion from
his educational defects which...