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Public Works Department,
Hongkong, 28th. May, 1910.
3302
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G | FEB II
Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, C.M.G.,
Director of Public Works,
sir,
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I have the honour to request that you be
good enough to recommend to His Excellency the Officer Administ-
-ering the Government that I be placed, as from 1st. January
next, on a scale of pay befitting my position and duties as
First Clerk in this Department and approximating the salaries
of other clerks ossypying similar positions in the Colonial
Government Service.
My salary at present compares unfavourably
with that enjoyed by many a First or Senior clerk in other de
partments, some of whom are junior to me in service; the
cast
salaries in their range from £300
£345 to £360 - £450 per xxxm
annum. My duties are, I believe, as onerous and as exacting as
theirs, this I am able to say from personal experience of some
of the posts referred to.
I trust that, as I have always takon a
whole-hearted interest in ry work and have invariably given satisfaction, as papers on record go to show, His Excellency
will be as justified in granting, as you are warranted in rem
-commening, this my application.
I have etc.,
(sd.) F. Jplyan,