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to the four principal subordinate Officers of the Houghtong Mint,

and comparing the remuneration given by

those terms with

by the

Peninsular and Oriental Steam

Navigation Company, Oriental Bank Corporation, and Messrs Dent & Co.:

I have also received a letter from Mr. Kinder in which he observes that he considers that

some modification is necessary in his

own case,

which he

contrasts unfavourably with

that

of

the

Manager of Oriental Bank in Hongkong.

In reply I beg to point out-

that the terms proposed for Master and the four chief Officers

of the Mint are better than those given

to the Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents of the Peninsular and Oriental Company shown by Mr. Kinder; and that the Salaries paid to the

Manager of

the Oriental Bank

here and to the Clerks of Messrs.

Dent & Co are quite exceptional

cases, being far above the

average

similar appointments in the great majority of other Mercantile and Banking Establishments in the Colony. Nevertheless, the difference between even there

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385 to the four principal subordinate Officers of the Houghtong Mint, and comparing the remuneration given by those terms with by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Oriental Bank Corporation, and Messrs Dent & Co.: I have also received a letter from Mr. Kinder in which he observes that he considers that some modification is necessary in his own case, which he contrasts unfavourably with that of the Manager of Oriental Bank in Hongkong. In reply I beg to point out- that the terms proposed for Master and the four chief Officers of the Mint are better than those given to the Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents of the Peninsular and Oriental Company shown by Mr. Kinder; and that the Salaries paid to the Manager of the Oriental Bank here and to the Clerks of Messrs. Dent & Co are quite exceptional cases, being far above the average similar appointments in the great majority of other Mercantile and Banking Establishments in the Colony. Nevertheless, the difference between even there
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to the four principal subordinate Officers of the Houghtong Mint,

and comparing the remuneration given by

those terms with

by the

Peninsular and briental Steam

the

Navigation Company, Griental Bank Corporation, and Mews Dent XC:

I have also received a letter from M. Kinder in which he observes that be considers that

some modification is necessary in his

which he

own case,

contrasts unfavourably with

that

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the

the Manager of Rriental Bank in Stongtong.

In reply I beg to point out-

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here and to the Clerks of Meris.

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similar appointments in the great majority of other Mercantile and Banking Establishments in the Colony. Nevertheless, the difference between even there

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