No.
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17490
Tech
ASE20 MAY Government House,
Hongkong, 2nd. May, 1911.
Sir,
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I have the honour to inform you that I
have recently received an application from the Coxswain and
Engineer of the Post Office Launch for an increase of salary.
I find on going into the question that
launch crews.
2.
the pay of these men compares unfavourably with that of other
Coxswains and Engineers employed in Government Launches and
that there is a lack of uniformity generally in the pay of
propose therefore to revise salaries as set
out in the accompanying schedule, the effect of which will be
a total saving of $300 per annum on minimum salaries and an
increase of maxima by $408 per annum, and I have to request
your sanction to make the necessary changes in the Estimates
for the year 1912.
3.
The question of salaries has led to the
larger question of the administration of the Launch Service
and I have come to the conclusion that the efficiency of the
service
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEVIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
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