Sew Alo2 ModaS
that’s subject.
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that it so must be
Jag 2. In view of the
difficulty of carrying on the work of
extreme
t
with
officery
the Post Office under
the conditions disclosed
in Commander Hastings’ report; and I am accordingly prepared &
assent to his scheme for
increasing
the numbers
of
the present staff, subject to certain
modifications.
4. I approve of the
Commencing salary of the
3
Provision for the expenditure should
be made in
the next
estimates, in
my
junior clerks being placed on $450 instead of
$240 per annum, the
rate which appears to be
considerably
358 below the
ordinary rate offered in
the lower division of the
Hong Kong Government.
$120 per
annum
after
however, a larger annual
sum for the
and
than is
similar clerks in other
offices;
I consider that
an annual increase
should be granted to
$60
a total
salary of $120
at
the end
This rate should be
given, but only to all who enter the Post Office
as junior
clerks but to
the list of
all whose services are retained beyond the late
Journey! These changes...