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pay should be raised from
$600 to $840, and that two telegraphists, who were appointed during the course of this year receive $360.
It may be well to provide for these increases of expenditure when the estimates for next year are considered, and when the Legislature will have opportunity of expressing opinion on Dr Dobereiner's proposals.
4.
A cable across the harbour to the Observatory at Kowloon as recommended in paragraph 4(6) of the report is nearly completed, the money for the same having been voted by the Council.
Nothing has as yet been done regarding the repetition of the storm signals, but I will endeavour to see that this recommendation is ...