time a doubtful posting to allow (after Karting I undertake other duties as well.
Is there any precedent for a personal allowance? I would prefer paying more Getting less efficiency 07 11/7 Lord Onslow I think the safest course will be to tell Capt Hastings that his case cannot be reconsidered at present, but to tell the governor confidentially that if he were to make proposals for bettering his position either by relaxing the restriction, we should note the objections to relaxation however.
Sir,
431 C. Q0 Barons Court Road, West Kensington, 5th July 1901.
Referring to your letter No.1271/1901 dated 18th January last, indicating the inability of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State to comply with my request, that my office as Postmaster General of Hong Kong might be placed in the first class of the Hong Kong Government service, I venture most respectfully to ask, as an act of grace, that in lieu thereof a pensionable personal allowance may be granted to me, enabling me to be at least on the same terms as to emoluments as the heads of other large departments, though still inferior in rank and incremental increase.
2. In doing this I venture to attach copy of my letter dated 29th May 1899 and its enclosures, inviting special attention to paragraphs 4, 5 & 6, in which I show that prior to my appointment as Postmaster General I was receiving 2% more than the then pay of the Postmaster General, now 12% to be.
3. As I understand it now, the conditions attached to my office, are intended in no way derogatory to my character, but rather to emphasise the special nature of the appointment, which called for exceptional energy and organizing powers in the then state of the department. Gratifying as this may be if a personal allowance might not be indisposed Consider it CPL it 7 that agree at meet
Under Secretary for the Colonies, Colonial Office, Downing Street. M: Chamberlain