of M. Mitchell Innes, I regret that I am
unable to sanction
the proposed increase to his salary or any
addition to his present
emoluments.
Indeed
I must
express my surprise
at receiving
Mr. Little's
recommendation.
There is
need for
great retrenchment at Hong Kong at the present time, and
it should be
in consequence a
form of increasing the salary of an officer, especially
exceptionally strong reason
should be
put forward
for doing so.
An increase to any
officer
should be
through
carefulness in
performing
his
duties.
In the
present
case,
satisfactory as it is to
note that the
loss of revenue
incurred by Colva Little
was
less
than two years ago
and that
M. Mitchell
Innes has fully regained
the confidence of the government and
the public,
I consider that it is
not mature to propose
that he
should be
somewhat specially selected for
a salary
increase.
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