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population naturally leads to increased labour in the

• general registration work of the Office.

So far, then, from there being any - ground for reducing the salary of the

Office of Registrar General on the score of decrease in the duties of the post, it, appears to

that if additional salary

is to be given for Registrar General of to-day as compared with the Registrar General of five your ago would have a just increase of pay in view of the

increased duties, the

in which the work

dually

I gradu

contimer to

any

become

grow.

claim

for

an

manner.

of his Office hav

more extensive and

I trust it may not appear from

remarts I have made that I am not sensible of the high honour the Secretary of State has been pleased

to confer

on hae

me by appointing

me

to the Office of Registrar General and Protector of Chinese after a comparatusl

Short

bestowed

In ove

Ifrally

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hort career in the public service. appreciate the favour that has been

on me, and I beg to request that will kindly His Exxcellency the Governor to convey my Henry Hollandt to appoint.

you

use

my

thanks to Sir

for having been,

been plea

pleased will

'me, and to state that I best endeavours to

to fulfil the

duties of the post in a manner

satisfenten

to the Secretary of State, to the Governor, and to the public of Hougtong.

I have

JU

(Signed) J. H Stewart Lockhart, Registrar General