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from $138,381- in 1887 to $197,887- in 1899 - or an increase
of more than 77%.
Prospective Further Increase,
That a still further increase of duties may be looked for in connection with work to be performed in
the New Territory.
No. Chance of Promotion,
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That owing to the peculiar nature of the duties of
my Department I have no prospect of promotion such as other
officers of the Service naturally look for and obtain as
a reward for long service.
That The Right Tonourable The Secretary of State
for the Colonies in C.0. Despatch No. 117/97 mentioned
a sum of £600- a year as a suitable salary,
That even the Retrenchment Committee of 1894
recognized the fact that I was underpaid, and recon-
mended that my salary be increased under two separate
heads, viz:- that of my substantive appointment, and also
as Superintendent of the Government Vaccine Institute.
Comparative Salaries of similar offices,
b.-
That the salary of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon
of Cape Colony is £1,000 per annum, and those of the two
Veterinary Officers of the Agricultural Department £1,000
and 2800- per ammum respectively.
That the present salary of the Government Veterinaă...
ry Surgeon of Singapore is $3,
$3,3000 (not $2,400 as mon-
tioned by The fionourable Colonial Treasurer in his list
of comparative salaries dated March 20th. 1899) although
he was only appointed in 1895, in addition to which he
has private practice, which is a very different matter in
Singapore as compared with Hongkong. In the former place
horse conveyance being the usual mode of pocomotion, whereas
in "longkong there is little or nothing of the kind. Hence
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