DESPATCH.
C. C.
6855 RECPX
REC 24 APP 83,
No.
esh 68
Date.
1883. 19 March
Hongkong. No. 6859
(Subject.)
Revision of the Col. Civil List.
504
Last previous Paper.
Memorial from Civil Servants previously
7680
+82
on account of
Complaints
of increased cost of living. Encloses classified list, and also a list of persons who have received Govt appts during the past six months for more suitable posts.
We
suggested
(Minutes.)
M. Meade.
that the Hongkong
Service
should if possible be classified, work or
and shall hear further
but I
am
afraid it is too small
to be thrown into regular gradations.
This despatch partly deals with a
petition for general rise
which is recommended
M: Marsh:
I do not think it is necessary to go
into a long
and elaborate detail