Sums the premises, they being fit for, and are truly worked. I Consider;
A very tricky part here...
are always on hard duty, such as "chau hai c" on very arduous sides. Paid Officer CL... $24 per Coolies a year. r r z z ti allow of live q # 6. having #y instead
I leave found great difficulty in keeping Coolies who are at the same time intelligent, willing, and honest. as the superior Chinese. Promotion is slow, as officers have been here long. the Coolies at present have served three years. time. on full pay for more than
I should like to reward them by promotion to the 1st Class. I beg to recapitulate the proposed increase in Chinese allowance as follows: an extra marine officer. # $4480 For M. J.a. Barbados. two Coolies $874 $1,068
This increase is about the annual saving in passages for Marine officers, so that really merease in the total annual Expenditure would be needed
I have the honour to be Your Servant's obedient servant Alfred Lister Postmaster General