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Supreme Court, Hongkong,
30th July, 1914.
1
sir,
Having been given to understand that my salary will be
increased to $2040 from January 1915, I beg respectfully to
tender the Government my grateful thanks for having so con-
siderately acceded to our representations in granting us the
same rates of pay as the clerks. At the same time, however,
I feel constrained to draw your attention to the different
treatment of Interpreters and Translators from that of the
clerical staff, so far as these increments of salaries are
concerned, although these rises were petitioned for jointly
by clerks and the members in the Interpretation sub-depart-
ment.
For the purpose of laying the facts clearly before you,
I venture to submit the following table of comparison for
your consideration:-
Clerical Branch.
Interpretation Branch.
Increases of pay commenced (1) Increases of pay to
from 1st January 1913
2.) Approval for the increases (2
was received in April 1913;
the increases were retros-
pective with effect from
1st January 1913.
commence from lat Janu-
ary 1915.(A difference
of 2 years).
Though the increases
are made known in July
1914 they are prospec=
tive and will not take
effect until 1st January
1915.
G. H. Wakeman, Esquire,
The Registrar,
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80.
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