Enclosure.
GENERAL
COPY.
Sir,
209 L.O. 20610
Hong Kong, 13th June, 1899.
I have the honour most respectfully to request that you would be good enough to solicit His Excellency the Governor to move the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies to grant me a house allowance.
I base my application on the fact that the rent of a suitable house in Hong Kong has within recent years gone up considerably and is still rising, and that my coming to this Colony at this time the salary appointed to my office will be much reduced after paying rent.
At present I pay: $44.90 per month for the house I rent in a distant suburb, which entails a further monthly charge on me of $5 for a Ferry ticket.
I would take this opportunity of mentioning that the salary of Assistant Postmaster General compared with the salary that I drew in St. Vincent is, when converted into gold currency, practically ...
To The Honourable,
R. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G.
Colonial Secretary.
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