The 2
there suggested is for starting the Starting Salary scheme
May hits the salaries of first class
£
overseas staff must
could not have expected.
£67250
of course I've
the
Hong
Kong Govr to notice the discrepancy,
and
this is
a
temporary job with
prospect of permanence about it,
I don't think it's much use unless £250
offered.
was
Para 12 simply bucks the trend of our comment, which
that the S. of S. sanction had
not been asked, directly for these
works.
a
increase in staffing
no doubt owing to good cause, it would not have been authorised
But the fact the S. of S.
remarks
that the personal emoluments of the staff, after
remaining at a total of about
$83,
and $123,462
from 1893 to 1899,
to cost $108,260 in 1900,
and $123,462 in 1902.
A.F.7/5
J&L(X)--46669-3000-8-01
See also
180/32
which
453
I have
exposed the fallacy of para 8 of this despatch. One must charitably assume that this para was drafted considerably before the date of
the
desp, because, although it is true that at the end of February, the Colony had a good balance at the bank, this balance was before the end of
March (222/18668) turned into considerable overdraft owing to the large payment for the purchase of the site for the post office.
do to the Overseer.
desp. was written,
have
9
Overseer
Public Wks, as
done.
a
since this
new Overseer & Asst
out, (X 613078731)
if they have really cut down the
expenditure as
they have been told to do (on 6889), possibly this new Overseer
be turned on to the Law Courts In view of the further expenditure we should telegraph that the Public works Extraordinary
I
may
in 1901, I think to say
must be cut down by $300,000 instead of $200,000
and
this
that case,
year
I ask whether
the new overseer just