310.109.
No.
453
14206
CAR OF
Government House,
Hongkong,
Dist
March, 1901.
M
41972.
sir,
With reference to your Despatch
No. 404 of the 24th. December, 1900, I have the honour
to inform you that Mr. J. J. Bullin arrived in this
Colony on the 2nd. Instant, and that I have formally
appointed him to the post of Assistant Master in the
Belilios Reformatory and Industrial School, subject to
the conditions embodied in Colonial Office Letter
No. 39,124 of the 17th. of last December.
2.
I have now the honour to transmit
for your consideration the enclosed copy of a letter
holosure, March; 1901.
from the Inspector of Schools, dated the 13th. instant,
reporting that it will not be possible for Mr. Bullin,
who is a married man, to live on his salary, which (with
Exchange Compensation) amounts to $75 a month. Mr. Bal-
lin's salary at home was £100 a year with free board
and lodging; and in view of the daily increase in the
cost of food in Hongkong a salary of $900 a year cannot
be considered equivalent to the salary which he drew in
England.
3.
I have accordingly granted Mr. Bal-
-lin
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
BC...
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