Who has been a notable benefactor I who would like of has perhaps
Bi- Bell Jaring
d
to the
colacy
carred homes.
is a resident of long standing,
A
I who hai before eat in the Legislative Council.
These people are curmaged
1 al because the military contribution has
been increased.
(b, because the Colonial office insists on
1
Mure
A
a did not
d
appoint
a local
a new gadl man to be head of the prison (C) because they hope to get representatione gorunment by persistant opposition. . C. is no doubt the outcome of (a) and (b) Their temper may be judged by their deman -ding from the gobernos a pledge that no application shall in future be made for a Cadet, without the precine Legislation fanmail ! [ This is given
Conscut
tha
in the
Estimator despatch which will be circulated herafter] As the
governa says,
this is
femince
was
an administrative matter outside the
of the Legislature, & Such a demand loos
is
thes for little more than a piece of impertinence.
"They
have demanded a
which were raised two
Apart from going
Such a measure as
reduction of
J
the salaries
go to their old level.
years ago back on a decision taken so lately,
a
1 general reduction of salaries
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justified and in other colonies has been adopted only When the finances are almost in extremis. That the
reverse of this is the aase in
very reverse
bery
is shown
HongKong in M. O'Brien's brilliant spe
speech. [ It may be said. in passing, that at least once before- in Ceylon. a speech of
"M- O'Brien's has been classed by friends and foes alike as a performance
performance strikingly beyond
the ordinary level of colonial legislatures beyond
I do
not think therefore that this ground of attack need be batten as bona fide! As to the real grounds of complaint
(a) The Hongkong military contribution has been
doubled, but the burden, is not so
hoang
asir's
in the Straits Settlements, where the con officials have