surro pren in arrear
assistance, and in
whien
one in
а
very
through the lawn of profesional r joining
that department
As no other const
natruction
"sanite's pay with profissional duties. & mere
sought to find that market for my capaxters,
my education and expérience jrestified in expeating. can be placed upon my acceptance of such
subordinate position, & need not add; that I have ever been inspired by the hop: of promotion, and I have endeavoured so to conduct
myself esseverations will. I respectfully submit, be " abundantly proved by the full tener and effect of this
co respon
Endence.
5
mny
The recommended
entu
orie
as to deserve it - these
Previous to my initiation into the Govenorment service in August 1863, I had made several gratuitions Surveys for the Honorable the Surveyor General, and when
predecessor, Mr. A. J. Alves, was promoted, for the appointment at the insignifica.it salury attached to it, $81 per mensem, which it was induced to accept on the representation that it was likely to be placed upon a better footing, and in y psition made a permanent one; at the same time, the appointment of Assistant Engineer at Kourloon was held out to me in perspective... Upon your joining the Department, I was called upon to confine my attention to the professional duties of a Draughtsman, which placed me in an anomalous position with the "Chief Clerk ; & however carried out your instructions,
and since then have performed out door professional
6
I
duties
forsign
aj
166
decties, when called repon to do so, all of which were
to those of
of an
Assistant Clerk. Previously to the anticipated departure of the Honorible the Surveyor Ceneral in leave, he submitted to this Excellency a proposition for
the
re-organisation of his Department, and Appendix 4. forwarded my application for
an increase
of salary for professional services, which he hyp ndix B. recommended, and spoke of me in
in highly
8
complimentary terms, but even this small concession was
refresed
by His Excellency.... When the time arrived for the appointmees. of an Assistant Engineer at Kevoloon, it was offered to me at £5. per working day with
allowances, and although any
advance
at
a nominal
of salary, still actually it as reduction
to me, inasmuch as,
live in a
aw es
ہے۔ رحمت
living
as I do with
with my Father, I have been enabled to exist upon my present pittance, whilst at Kowloon . I should have been compelled to construat and
Mrt Shed, and to have kept up establishment; the insufficiency of salary must have been apparent, because no civilian could be procured upon the terms proposed; and I had the mortification
ortification of seeing the appointment conferred upon a profissed stranger to the Colonial Government, on higher terms (41839.60) the fortunate incumbent. his Army pay, and still giving retaining attention to his Military,
whole time was,
duties, wohilst
his
my
JEX
required for that service. – : I then applied to you
to formand
appendix C. another application to this Excellency, as to my
professional
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.