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RECO (REG 7 APR 06
Wantsai District School,
27th. December, 1905.
The Inspector of Schools.
Sir,
I have the honour to apply for an immediate increase of salary of £70 per annum on the following grounds,, and I beg to request that you will be good enough to lay my application before His Excellency the Governor for his consideration, viz:-
That I joined the Education Department in April, 1902,
1.
as Senior Master and Supervisor of all the Anglo-Chinese Dis-
trict Schools in the Colony; and was appointed deadmaster of the Rantsel District School in January, 1908.
month.
3.
That do to the end of 1905, my salary was $200 per
That at the beginning of 1904, I joined the sterling Scheme. As the rate of exchange was then below 1s.33. per 3, my
salary was consequently fixed at £200 oer annum, rising to £250
by triennial increments of £25.
That since joining the sterling scheme, the rate of
exchange has greatly risen, with the result that instead of
receiving $200 per month as before, my average monthly salary for
the past two years has been only $175 or thereabouts,
5.
That during the past few years, the cost of living
in Hongkong has been increased by almost 50%
8.
That when I joined the service, I did not have any
children, whereas I have now a family of two, which must necessari ly increase my household expenses.
7.
That my wife being an English lady, and myself having
been brought up on Western habits, the cost of our living must
necessarily be equal to that of any average European family in the
Colony.
૬.
That under the above-mentioned circumstances, my pre-
sent