of the Governement Civil Hospital, Hongkong. The duties of this post I have performed for over eight years and I can confidently state that I have discharged them with diligence and success, as well as the additional medico-legal duties which I have been required to undertake. I have the hope that His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong will not refuse me his recommendation, and that His Lordship the Secretary of State will not fail to recognize the propriety of my application for an increase in salary.
I have,
80% C.J.M. Harry, M.D.,
Superintendent, Govt Civil Hospital,
Hongkong.
Enclosure B
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Superintendent, Govt Civil Hospital to Colonial Surgeon:
(Copy)
Sir,
Government Civil Hospital,
Hongkong, 22nd March, 1881.
I have the honour to inform you that I have more than completed eight years of resident service in Hongkong. For eight years my salary has remained the same, although my responsibilities have been increased and my duties largely added to. I may state indeed that my salary is now less by 18 per cent than it was eight years ago, for the dollar which was then worth 4/5 is now only equivalent to 3/5. I therefore beg to request that the circumstances of the case be submitted to the Governor in the hope that...
D. B. C. Ayres,
Late M.R.C.S., etc.
Colonial Surgeon,
Bury