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can obtain no redress.
5. Gain, par. 3, of my appointment clearly sets forth, "Other circumstances" affecting the value of the office "None" - by this I understood, that no quarters or house allowance, chair allowance, travelling increase, enhanced the value of the post.
or incremental what it was today it would be ten years hence - but, I was not prepared to find, that fees paid to me, when appointed an Examiner, under the law of the Colony, had, subsequently to be formally repaid, into the Treasury, by order of the Executive. Subsection, Chapter II, Part I, of Ordinance 8 of 1879, provides for the appointment of Examiners, and subsection 7, for their remuneration, (from the fees paid by the Candidates). My pay appears on the Colonial Estimates as increased by sixty dollars a month, on that of my predecessors.
I find however that only ex-parent. this increase is apparent. I am called upon to perform duties, which are not enumerated in the "Particulars of Office", sent to me, though they formed part of the duties of my predecessors, and this apparent increase to the salary, is merely what was estimated as their remuneration for those duties.
During the four months I have been in Hong Kong, thirty candidates, for examination as Masters and Mates, have presented themselves, representing fees, hundred per cent in excess, of what I find, deducted from my salary as remuneration for special service.
6. When Your Lordship was good enough to bestow upon me this appointment,
699
can obtain no redress.
5. Gain, par. 3, of my appointment clearly sot's forth, "Other circumstances " affecting the value of the office "None" " - by this I understood, that, no quarters or house allowance, chair a llowance, Kavelling increase, enhanced the value of the
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post-
or incremental
what it was today it would be ten years hence - but, I was
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not prepared to find, that fees paid to me,
when appointed an bxaminer, under the law of the Colony, had, subsequently to be formally repaid, into the Treasury, by order of the Executive. Subsection, Chapter II, Part I, of Ordinance 8 of 1879, provides for the appointment of Examiners, and subsection 7, for their remuneration, (from the fees paid by the Candidates). My pay appears
on the Colonial
Estimates
60
testimates,
dollars a
as increased by sixty
month, on that of my
predecessors. I find however that
only exparent.
this increase is
I am called upon to perform duties, which are not enumerated in the
"Particulars of Office", sent to me, though they formed part of the duties of my predecessors, and this apparent increase to the salary, is merely what was estimated as their remuneration for those
duties.
During the four months
I have been in
One
Hong Kong, thirty
candidates, for examination as Masters and Mates, have presented themselves, representing fees, hundred per cent in excess, of what is Ifind, deducted from my salary
tion for moh
special service.
6. When Your Lordship was good enough to bestow upon
Dyrek
this
appointment,
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