officers, has been attracted
by local business houses.
by
C
3.
recent
I
the larger salaries offered outside the Government Service.
2.
In my despatch
even date,
I have go
N.137 of addressed Your Lordship
the subject of Mr. Bruce Shepherd's threatened
on
resignation, and I would
draw
your
attention to the
numerous losses which the
Public Service has lately suffered, owing to the higher rates of salary offered
by
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Among the most
may
mention Mr
E. B. Shepherd, Clerk in the Imports and Exports Office, Mr Ch'an-A-fook, and Clerk in the Public Works Department, Mr. Hooper, Assessor in the - Treasury Department, Mr. z.a.
Remedios
of
the same
office,
and Mr. Watson, Assistant - Apothecary and Analyst, at the Government Civil Hospital, of whom have just asked
all
permission