Bulwer) offered
the High Commissioner of Cyprus (Sir knry red me on the part of the Secretary of state for the Colonics the appointment of Avwey or teneral of Hongkong. In doing
stated that the sa
salary
vo
he
was much higher
than that I was receiving
3 receiving as Chief Engineer to the Cyprus Government (£800 a year) $5,760 a year with an
and that it
was
allowance for conveyance of $480_ This,
A.E.added,
was
equivalent to a salary of
found
it
1,200, with allowances equal to £100. I checked the calculation and Correat, assuming the dollar to be worth 4/2. Our authority for that assumption was the Colonial Office List, a copy of which was referred to at Gaamment (onze.
I
On the strength of this understanding
appointment,
Juxcepted the
condition that
on the
my claim for pension
was not prejudiced by my transfer from Cypruse to Hongkong.
It
was not until Jagrived
in
})
632
was not until darrived in London
some six or seven weeks later, that I first
became
awar-E/
to present
worth
of the fact that at the rate of exchange the dollar is only about three shillings, or 28 per
28 per cent less than Thad been given to understand,
Had I known at the time that the
Hongkong salary was nominally very little more than I was re
receiving in Cyprus, — and in reality (if
the
ative cost
comparative
of living
be
considered / less than my Cyprus
salary
I
most respectfully submit that I should not have felt justified"
in accepting the appointment, expecially as the tranfer involved a considerable loss which may be approximated,
follows:-
stated as
Los on sale of effect, transfer of Leave of 250. of house in Cyprus.
Travelling expences - Cyprus to 120.
lifference between full pay
_ /
half pay rates - 6. spill top Tay
I have so
(Signed) S. Brown.
Purveyor
44. 44.44
General.