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English and very few of us can understand the Shanghai dialect. This is in addition to his proper duties as vendor of stamps. He is performing double the amount of work done by the Compradore at Hongkong who draws a salary of $60 per month.
The Money Order Shroff has 36 years' service pay $12 per month. I have recommended him for $15. Besides his legitimate duties his services are impressed by the Post Office in writing up town correspondence on arrival of contract mails.
The No.1 office boy has 10 years' service, can read and write English at $13 per month; have recommended him for shroff in the Registration Office at $15. He has also to write up in Chinese the registered correspondence for delivery.
The No.2 Office boy has three years' service at $9 per month. He has been to an English school and can read and write. He helps to write up town correspondence for delivery on arrival of mails, besides his other duties of attending the receipt of all correspondence, parcels, &c brought to the Post Office by Chinese messengers.
The mail man has 10 years' service and draws $10 per month. This man has applied personally to me for an increase of pay. He is really deserving of a rise, as the whole of the despatching and taking deliveries of mails from steamers and hongs is done by him. His intimate knowledge of the Customs clearance of steamers, the berths of the steamers of the various lines that ply here, and the hours of arrival and despatch of the riverine boats, makes him indispensable to this office. Moreover, his duties include the