Man, you pay very big

price »

But even to the

general public The

The

People upon and Tradesmen have caught the shibboleth of the tourists, and of Army and Navy that ten dollars only mean one pound, a gratifying thought for those who are paid in gold - and

steadily

prices are

advancing, the result being seriously felt by various branches of the civil service of the Colony, as is shown

by the demands of the police, and presumably

0.

158215

Received

REG I MAY REGNY

e of par

**

for

increase

утве

consequence of the increased

cost of living.

cort

2.

In 1881 The salary

and allowances of the Governor of Hong Kong were at the then rate of Exchange £6000. Today The Salary, and

allowance,

including compensation

for Exchange

£4000

an Ge

ars Z 4 vo

tune Than

Barbados,

Expenses of

that

But The

The Governor are very

how

of Hong Kong different They living

were

to what

in 1881.

has become

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