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reasonable that the Colonial
Secretary's Department in this Colony, being the first in rank and importance, should receive the highest pay. It is also m reasonable that the principal Officers of the Surveyor-General's Department, where professional qualifications
nesessary, and of the Registrar-General's Department, where a Knowledge of the Chinese language, laws, and customs is imperative, should be somewhat better paid than the officers of the
are neel.
minor
minor.
~Departments. In common with the Executive Council, I fail
to perceive any sufficient reason why the present seale should be altered for the purpose of either "levelling up" the
pay of the Assistant;
· the pay
of the
Registrar-General to the pay Assistant Colonial Secretary, or of
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levelling it down to the pay of the Assistant Vostmaster, or Assistant Harbour Master. At all events, it is certain that the Members of the Colonial Government and of
the
Colonial Legislature, who are all
experienced