CO129-194 - Governor Hennessy Administrator Tonnochy - 1881 [8-9] — Page 449

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Sums the premises, they being fit for, and are truly worked. I Consider;

A very tricky part here...

are always on hard duty, such as "chau hai c" on very arduous sides. Paid Officer CL... $24 per Coolies a year. r r z z ti allow of live q # 6. having #y instead

I leave found great difficulty in keeping Coolies who are at the same time intelligent, willing, and honest. as the superior Chinese. Promotion is slow, as officers have been here long. the Coolies at present have served three years. time. on full pay for more than

I should like to reward them by promotion to the 1st Class. I beg to recapitulate the proposed increase in Chinese allowance as follows: an extra marine officer. # $4480 For M. J.a. Barbados. two Coolies $874 $1,068

This increase is about the annual saving in passages for Marine officers, so that really merease in the total annual Expenditure would be needed

I have the honour to be Your Servant's obedient servant Alfred Lister Postmaster General

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Sums the premises, they being fit for, and are truly worked. I Consider; A very tricky part here... are always on hard duty, such as "chau hai c" on very arduous sides. Paid Officer CL... $24 per Coolies a year. r r z z ti allow of live q # 6. having #y instead I leave found great difficulty in keeping Coolies who are at the same time intelligent, willing, and honest. as the superior Chinese. Promotion is slow, as officers have been here long. the Coolies at present have served three years. time. on full pay for more than I should like to reward them by promotion to the 1st Class. I beg to recapitulate the proposed increase in Chinese allowance as follows: an extra marine officer. # $4480 For M. J.a. Barbados. two Coolies $874 $1,068 This increase is about the annual saving in passages for Marine officers, so that really merease in the total annual Expenditure would be needed I have the honour to be Your Servant's obedient servant Alfred Lister Postmaster General
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Sums

the premises, they being ant for, and are truly

orked. I Corrzide;

A v tr

are alu

alexop хор hard

tu chau hai c

very sides paid Officer

CL...

S. $24 per

Coolies

a nvr r r z z

ti

allow

of

live

q # 6.

having #y instead

I leave found queat difficulty in

Reeping Climise who are at the same

Armese

time intelligent, withing, and honest.

as the superior Chimere

Promotion is slow, as officers have been here.

long

the Coobies at present

have served

thinee years.

time.

on fl

well for more than

I should like to reward

them by provention to the My Class.

I beg to recapitulate the proposed

in Cri acco

J

A

as follows:

an extra marine afficer. # 4480

For M. J.a. Barados.

Imr

chan wai

tivo Coolies

874

$1,068

This

Huis

is

about the

that

anunal

save

inn

446

papages

for Marine officers, so that really merease in the total ammal Exper

diture would be needed

I have the homons to be

Jour

S

Ser

abe dient servant

Alfred Liter

Postimees Jeneral

:

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