CO129-055 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [3-5] — Page 297

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imposed upon me -

that the entire living is enormously augmented in the Colony in consequence of its prosperity, - that the Government house (first refused by me) was built for functional use, whose Salary was understood to be £8,000 a year; that not only the official apartments of that large Building are furnished at the public expense, while my predecessor (and myself during the first 18 months of my residence in the Colony) occupied a completely furnished house at a cost to the Colony of £600 a year.

- a charge upon the Colonial revenues which has now ceased to exist. And I beg to add as an additional grievance that the Governor's revenue paid out of the Colonial fund was liable to no deduction - while from mine, being a Treasury Grant, a deduction is made of £480 per annum, which leaves my real salary scarcely above £3500. And I may add that no differentials to add (though the Prevailing may more especially concern the Foreign than the Colonial Department) that Diplomatic Duties have been enormously increased by the intense Trade and the disordered condition of China, by the opening of large commercial...

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imposed upon me - that the entire living is enormously augmented in the Colony in consequence of its prosperity, - that the Government house (first refused by me) was built for functional use, whose Salary was understood to be £8,000 a year; that not only the official apartments of that large Building are furnished at the public expense, while my predecessor (and myself during the first 18 months of my residence in the Colony) occupied a completely furnished house at a cost to the Colony of £600 a year. - a charge upon the Colonial revenues which has now ceased to exist. And I beg to add as an additional grievance that the Governor's revenue paid out of the Colonial fund was liable to no deduction - while from mine, being a Treasury Grant, a deduction is made of £480 per annum, which leaves my real salary scarcely above £3500. And I may add that no differentials to add (though the Prevailing may more especially concern the Foreign than the Colonial Department) that Diplomatic Duties have been enormously increased by the intense Trade and the disordered condition of China, by the opening of large commercial...
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imposed ulon me -

that the ent

living is enormously augmented

in the Colour in consequence

uence of it's

f

prosperity,- that the Government bruce (first recusied by me) was

built for

functionan, whose Salary

was understoon to be £8,000 a yea that oule the official apartments

of that large Building are furnished it the public expense, _ while predicction (and myself during the

first 18 months of

while un

my residence

recidence in

of my

the Colone) occupied a completely

furnished house at a cost to the

Colony of

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I beg to add

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grievance

additional

289

that the Governor's revenue

paid out of the Colonial funn

was

liable to no deduction - while from

being a Treasy

Treasur Grant,

mine, beins a

A

Hy deduction is made of £ 480 per

the

do mol

Kami Bo

aunum, which leaves

tark is kell 11

which leaves un real

salary scarcely above

of any et 3500. And I there bey mat

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میران

No deferentialls to add (though the

Previation may

may

more esiecially

concern the Foreign than the Colonial Department) that Diplomatic Duties have been enormously increased by the

the inevense

F

A

Vrade

and the disordered condition of China, by the opening of large commercial

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