CO129-077 - Sir Robinson - 1860 [1-6] — Page 36

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been.

I would therefore lay

down the rule that no Head

of a Department

can live

properly under £1000 a year

Again

as expenses

are much

increased since 1844, and as

more heavy

the duties of every Governmental Establishment are for than at that period, no salary

should now be fixed at a lower amount than that at which it then existed - of course to both these general rules exceptions may present themselves.

To begin then with the

Governor making every

allowance

for the separation of the diplomatic functions from the Gubernatorial Office, I do not

see how a lower salary than

£5,000 can be assigned to Her

Majesty's representative in

Hong Kong. To entertain

here is a

necessity, and

with the above sum

Governor's table

may

the

be placed

on a par with that of a Second rate mercantile House.

Her Majesty's Envoy, with

much less demand on

his

purse receives £8000 a year and the Chief Justice of the Colony £3000.

The

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5 been. I would therefore lay down the rule that no Head of a Department can live properly under £1000 a year Again as expenses are much increased since 1844, and as more heavy the duties of every Governmental Establishment are for than at that period, no salary should now be fixed at a lower amount than that at which it then existed - of course to both these general rules exceptions may present themselves. To begin then with the : Governor making every allowance 35 for the separation of the diplomatic functions from the Gubernatorial Office, I do not see how a lower salary than £5,000 can be assigned to Her Majesty's representative in Hong Kong. To entertain here is a necessity, and with the above sum Governor's table may the be placed on a par with that of a Second rate mercantile House. Her Majesty's Envoy, with much less demand on his purse receives £8000 a year and the Chief Justice of the Colony £3000. The

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5 been. I would therefore lay down the rule that no Head of a Department can live properly under £1000, a year Again as expenses are much increased since 1844, and as more heavy the duties of every Governmental Establishment are for than at that period, no salary should now be fixed at a lower amount than that at which it then existed - of course to both these general rules exceptions may present themselves. To begin then with the : Governor making every allowance j 35 for the separation of the diplomatic functions from the Gubernatorial Office, I do not see how a lower salary than £5,000 can be assigned to Her Majesty's representative in Hong Kong. To entertain here is a а - necessity, and with the above sum Governors table may the be placed on a par with that of a Second rote mercantile House. Her Majesty's Envoy, with much less demand on his س purse receives £8000 a year and the Chief Justice of the Colony £3000. The

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