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who enjoys the confidence of his fellow. countrymen
His work, owing to the great increase of Chinese correspondence;
is constantly auquenting.
9.
The only
other increase I have to
suggest is that of $14 month wore to each of two decorving Chines at Amoy.
Their present pay is only $6 a month,
and
they
are
long
- service vucn who
cannot be done without, I know that
the Agent at Away has becer seepplement
dig
a
10.
their salaries from his
overv
& funds,
skite of things which speaks for itself.
Inced not say I regret to be
competted to submit
total increase
of expenditure of $1014 annually. But if the $960 be deducted which it
is
• proposed to allow to myself and to
two officers
whose
services extend over
nearly.
450
nearly a quarter of a century, the total increase proposed is $50 a year,
to be
expended in suall allowances to Chinese. It is
deserving
Course
of con
too easy to draw a pen through these
modest suggestions, but I do trust it will not be done. It is hard to see.
how any
interest in the service is to be maintained
Amongst subordinates if their proponti on
to be abl blanke and no
prizes. Iregard
present
the whole Portal service, as at
organised, e huge makeshift,
years
ao one
nicef
ncore
painfully undermanned. A few
will probably bring the Government face to face with the necessity for a building twin, and a times as large
ao
that
staff three
now
I am quite willing to go
Keshift
as
exieting,
on with
best I can, but I should
like