CO129-067 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [1-4] — Page 166

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sichniss overtake, me I would

be wholly unable to avail

myself of

the

only

Sure

means of restoration to 4 health; namely, change for the reasons above stated, the

insufficiency of my sakury to support me here, and

even

the

necessity of using my private

Means

An

for

that purpose: The ther

- support of my present application I consider it only fair to bring to your notice the contrast between

of

the pay and remuneration Chon's in Bankers and t Clerris Merchants Establishments here, and when it is considered

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that the whole of their expers as

are

depayed by

of Living their employers. I can faily and conscientiously stake that they receive in China on

average

an avera

at least double

my pay: and to those on

whose shoulders

any

responsibility rests on who

-employed about duties

are e

requiring more than ordinary

Care or

نعام

and

apprehension, salaves paid amounting to thre four times I receive

تهى

much

here recognize

brary grade and class

and act on

i