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(REC: 23 DEC 12
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 22nd. November, 1912.
Sir,
I have the honour to transmit the enclosed
copy of a Petition addressed to Sir F. Lugard in March last by
Members of the Civil Service, who are not on sterling salaries or
in receipt of exchange compensation praying for an increase of
salary on account of the increased cost of living. This Petition
was held over for my consideration.
2.
The Petitioners are not correct in saying that the introduction of the Grading Scheme in 1906 was a mere re-
-adjustment of salaries. As a matter of fact it involved consider-
-able increases of salary. Many other increases in the salaries
of posts in the branches of the Service which Petitioners re-
-present have been made since the Grading Scheme was introduced
by the elevation of the posts to higher grades. The combined
result has been that since 1902 very considerable increases have
been made in the salaries of the posts to which the prayer of the
Petitioners refers. I attach statements concerning the following
Departments which demonstrate my statement:-
(a). Colonial Secretariat.
(b). Registrar-General's Department.
(c). Treasury.
(d). Harbour Master's Office.
conclosure 2.
(e). Imports and Exports Office.
(f).
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&c.,
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