Enclosure 13
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My Lord,
Harbour Department,
Hong Kong, 6th October, 1890.
I desire very respectfully to request that Your Lordship will allow me to place before you my case.
The dispatch recently received from the Governor of this Colony on the subject of the proposed increase of salaries to the Government officers, which despatch has been forwarded to me for my information.
2. I will not unnecessarily occupy Your Lordship's attention.
Right Honourable,
The Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Downing Street,
London.