:
were inadequately paid.
vailed at Hongkong:
Exceptional conditions pre-
rents and the price of coal were
unusually high, the necessity of providing against
tropical heat in summer and keen cold in winter en-
tailed a large supply of clothes of different kinds,
the excessive moisture of the atmosphere destroyed
everything by mould and mildew, the journey home from
Hongkong was more expensive than from any other Crown
Colony.
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The present rise in salary has been effected in
spite of the fact that between 1892 and 1906 the sala-
ries of both the higher and lower officials had been
substantially increased.
overnor (in addition to
1892
$
1906
1907
2 houses allowed free)
28,800
€6,000
$60,000
cr.$54,000
olonial Secretary
7,200
nom. $10,800.
$16,200
(de facto$14,580)
CT.
Chief Justice
12,000
£2,000,
$20,000
(cr. $18,000)
huisne Judge
8,160
nom. $8,400
$12,600
(de facto
cr. $11,340)
Police Magistrate
6,648
nom.
$ 7,380
$11,700
(de facto
cr.
$ 9,963)
Becretary of the Government
2,166
£420
$ 4,200
(cr. $ 3,780)
Clerk
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