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he entered the service in 1870;
January 1873 his
pay
(
was raised
$25 to $30 a month, and
from
at the end
of
October last
year
increase?
be applied for a further to Fifty Dollars a month.
M. Ting being a very
having
an
and
confident draftsman, at the time of his application
opportunity of bettering his prospects, which would have necessitated his retirement from
The service and
have
put the
Government to great difficulties, in finding an equally capable craftsman to succeed him for low a rate of pay, I
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to allow a Vote to be taken
before the Finance Committee increasing his salary to Fifty Dollars a month, and this having been voted I trust Your Lordship
will see fit to allow the sum of two hundred and
fifty Dollars to be placed upon the Supplementary Estimate for 1876.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient
humble servant.
Governor