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CONFIDENTIAL.
HONGKONG.
34041
[Beat 11 JUL 18
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
21st. May, 1918.
333
25925
Enclosures/72.
sir.
Referring to your confidential despatch of
the 30th May, 1917, I have the honour to forward the en- closed copies of letters received from Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe regarding the question of his salary on promotion to the post of First Police Magistrate.
2.
Mr. Wolfe as Postmaster General drew a salary of $5,400, the equivalent of £810, and he also re- ceived £100 per annum from Imperiol funds, the latter sum being payable at the rate of the day without privileged compensation. On his promotion accordingly I allowed him to draw a salary in dollars equal to 2910 per annum, in lieu of the initial salary of $6,000, which is the equiva- lent of £900.
3.
Mr. Wolfe, in paragraph 2 of his letter of the 3rd. January, refers to privileges which he enjoyed as Postmaster General. The Postmaster General, as Postal Censor, draws an allowance of 84 a day, the loss of which mede a considerable difference to Mr. Wolfe's position financially.
4.
In the circumstances I have to recommend
that Mr. Wolfe may be allowed to receive the sterling
salary
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P.,
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