My Lord,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 3rd instant, and to state that I am at present in receipt of a salary of $800 per mensem, rising by annual increments of $100 to $1,200. I have at the same time to state that I have no private means, and that the foregoing represents my present total emoluments.
I have not the presumption to offer any opinion as to the adequacy or inadequacy of my present salary, and I should not wish to trouble your Lordship with the consideration of the adequacy or inadequacy of my salary as Police magistrate or as Coroner.
I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient Servant,
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Police magistrate
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[Date: 5th April 1888]
Captain Superintendent of Police
Police Office
HONGKONG, 5th April 1888.
I have the honour to apply that His Excellency the Governor may be pleased to submit my name for the Colonial Treasurership, should that office become vacant through the appointment of Mr. Russell to other duties.
2. My qualifications are as follows:
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