at $300 instead of #360, and of the latter at $540 instead of $300 per annum
3.
The quarters at the Harbour Office have deteriorated so much from a residential point of view since 1875, by "the growth of the Chinese town and the increase shipping, that I do not ~ think they could be let to others than Chinese were
of
- they unoccupied by officers of the Department, and there
is
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is no doubt that the officers
in question could obtain accommodation with far pleasanter surroundings in
a portion of the town not so entirely Chinese
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for the rates quoted in the schedule as : the values of the quarters in
1890.
I have therefore to -
recommend that
on re-
consideration Your Lordship
will allow the salaries voted
in the Estimates
for
the
Boarding