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No.
Res 14 AUG 19
Government House,
Hong Kong, 19th July,
1899.
Sir,
Enclosure.
7899
Bell June information
with 6 sub-
I have the honour to transmit for your
information and consideration copy of a letter from the Post-
master-General and its enclosures directing attention to the
inadequacy of the staff of the Registration Branch of the Ge-
neral Post Office, and in view of the facts therein stated to
endorse Commander Hastings' recommendation for the appoint-
ment of a Deputy Superintendent at a salary of $960 per an-
num rising by biennial increments of $120 to $1200 per an-
num.
The appointment of an additional clerk
for the Registration Branch has been recommended in my des-
patch No.122 of the 26th May last, and as there are funds avail-
able I have sanctioned the temporary appointment of such an
officer in anticipation of your approval of that recommenda-
tion.
The Right Honourable
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&c.
800.
80.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Henry Arthur Blake
GOVERNOR &C.