Six.
845
I. O. Box At 30
...
Rio de Janeiro (117
JAN
476
*
I have the honour to submit,
for your favourable decision copies of correspondence
between the Colonial Government
of Hong Kong and myself with reference to
the arrears of increase of
my salary.
I will state briefly
the facts.
Confident that
you will decide the
case on its merits.
I was granted leave,
in May 1895, I had occasion to apply for a year's leave
on full salary and
being four months on half-pay,
the Colonial Government stated the reason for asking
for leave on private grounds, which
was a fact;
and it was of such a pressing nature that I did not wait for the decision
subsequently arrived at by
the recommendation of the Colonial Government from $240 to $460 per
month.
The Right Honourable
Joseph Chamberlain, M.P.
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
London