No 160
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38049
REG? 10 VG (8)
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 6th, June, 1918.
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Sir,
With reference to Sir F. Lugard's Despatch
No. 31 of the 19th. January, 1911, and to Viscount Harcourt's So reply No. 68 of the 3rd. March, 1911, on the subject of the
salary of the Resident Surgeon at the Tung Wa Hospital, I have 5317
the honour to recommend that the salary of the present holder
of the post, Dr. G. H. Thomas, be raised as from 1st. January,
1919, to £300 a month with annual increments of $25 a month
till a maximum of 8400 is reached.
Mr. Thomas who nas nelu tue appointment
for the last six years without any increase of salary, is
quite an exceptional man. Since his appointment he has taken
an exceedingly good degree and is a really good doctor, cap-
-able and energetic, and wedded to his work. It is very im-
-probable that other men of his class would be ready to stay
at the Tung Wa Hospital, as European trained Chinese doctors
are now making as much as 820,000 a year in private practice.
It is true that Dr. Thomas enjoys the privilege of private
practice among the Directors of the Hospital and their
families but I am informed that this does not bring him in
much income.
The Principal Civil Medical Officer speaks
most highly of Dr. Thomas's work and I therefore request your authority to make the necessary provision in the forthcoming
Estimates
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P.,
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