Enclosure 1.
The Rt. Hon. Lord Knutsford G.C.M.G. Secretary of State for the Colonies.
My Lord,
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11th July 1890
I have the honour to ask your Lordship's consideration of the following facts. In September last I was appointed Assessor of Rates to the Government of Hong-Kong, under a three years agreement at $2500 per annum, and left England to take up my appointment on the 12th of October. I arrived here on the 30th of November, and commenced duty on the 4th of December.
It few days after my arrival upon going to pay my respects to the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Hon. A. Lister, he informed me that after consultation with His Excellency the Governor, His Excellency had been pleased to authorize the continuance in the Estimates for 1890 of the increased salary which had been allowed to Mr. Hooper prior to his resignation, thereby raising my salary from $2500 to $3600 per annum.
Mr. Lister further informed me that...