36.
794
37.
Assistants 3 to 6 inclusive, that
other masters remain ao
they
are (One $1,800,
and under the circumstances I can
recommend the
thousand eight hundred dollaw a
year)
salary
as reasonable.
but su
bject
to the same
conditions as
$180.
e An increase
- of One hundred and
regards
increments.
eighty dollar a
year
is proposed in the
To the First Chinese Assistant and
case
of
Clerk it is proposed to give One thousand $1,200.
$300.
is a rise from
and two hundred dollars a
This,
year.
having
to his increased work and
regard.
I consider may
his twenty years' service,
fairly be granted
To the 2nd Chimese Assistant it is
proposed to give Seven hundred and $720.
dollar per annum. This
twenty dollar
R
· Assistant will also be Assistant Clerk
and
Three hundred dollaw to
$480. Four hundred and eighty dollars. It
is feared
retained.
that their services cannot be
11 for
less, and as it is desirable
that there should be as few shanges of
Masters as possible
I treat that the
proposal will meet with Your fordship's The remaining Assistants,
approval.
four
in number, who are juniors,
will