No.176.
Hongkong.
10th April 1907
C. O.
21809
Od 3 JUN 02
Government House,
Hongkong, 3rd May, 1902.
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Sir,
I have the honour to transmit for your
favourable consideration an application which I have received
from Mr. Pestonjee, 3rd Clerk in the Treasury, asking that
he may be removed from the 4th Class of Subordinate Clerks
and placed in Class III.
2.
Mr. Pestonjee at present draws the maximum
salary allowed to clerks in Class IV viz. - $1,500 per annum.
He thus has no hope of an increment to his salary, and at the
same time occupies a position of considerable trust in the
Treasury being responsible for the collection of over a million
dollars annually in comparatively small sums.
3.
I propose to decide, subject to your sanction,
that Mr. Pestonjee be graded in the III Class of Civil
Service Clerks, the privilege to attach to Mr. Pestonjee personally
and not to the office which he fills.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
M.J. Gascoigne
Major-General,
Administering the Government.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
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