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Sir,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 23rd. December, 1913.
EN /39171/13
Referring to your Despatch No. 351 of 20th.
November, I have the honour to inform you that effect has been
given to the authority conveyed in your Despatch lo. 151 of 25th.
72 May, 1912, to grant Mr. Duncan an extra duty allowance of £100 a
year.
2.
Mr. Duncan's salary and allowance are the same as those of Mr. Henderson, who is Mr. Jaffé's senior Assistant on
the Tytam Tuk Works. Both the Harbour of Refuge and the Tytan Tuk
are works of magnitude and importance, the cost of which exceeds
£200,000 and having regard to this fact the salaries paid do not
appear to me to be excessive. My reason for not making a recomenda-
-tion in Mr. Henderson's case was that the Tytam Tuk Works are still
in their initial stages and the work and responsibility devolving
upon him are not so great as those devolving upon lir. Duncan, as the
Harbour of Refuge Works are in full swing. I submit for your
favourable consideration that Mr. Duncan has earned the bonus
which I recommended.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
&C..
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&c.,
&C...
I have the honour to be, sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
land Severn
Officer Administering the Government.