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to by the additional work thrown In the Surveyor General's Apartment: as to the new works it is probable that just at present more money is being spent on public work than has actually been the case in Hongkong, and is likely to be spent. They have by this mail reported the appointment of a special engineer for the Praya at £800 a year, and Assistant Surveyor W. Price has been sent to Hong Kong. He is reported to be a very

Jazy

man

Lee minutes on 12/8/67,

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16.3.

7/3/77.

Horse cost at livery of £25 a month after shoeing: the expenditure on chain crotin is stated correctly; there is no doubt that Mr Price's outlay in what he

The difficulty of giving days: Additions. £200, is that the successor will make

Claim: that the additional works, which mean Praya reclamation work, will come to an end one day.

By allowing £100 a year for each of these, while in course of construction?

85-10731

The allowance

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is for a specific purpose and if the actual expenditure on horse hire is less than this sum, it should not be made up to him. Perhaps the expression "Allowances Calculated on outlay incurred" is ambiguous and should be the actual expenditure on account of which it is granted and should not be looked upon as a supplement to salary.

Emolument insufficient

I think the Salary of £120 which the Surveyor General has raised is insufficient looking to the works carried on in comparison with the scale of salary now given to similar officers here and in other parts of Asia.

RM 1073

Agre[e]d save Alwolf March

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