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ninety thousand dollars per

6. Your Lordship has been pleased

to consider

my

salary,

As a

Fours with that of the Assistant

Master Attendant at Singapore.

That officer

receives

two hundred

dollars a month pay,

twenty five

dollars for measuring ships for

Immigration purposes, and forty dollars

Light Dues from the Baner Rock. total of this hundred and sixty-

five dollars a month.

$90,000

not exact pay

3,320,454

$ 200

25

40

$265

8,160

6,235,546

...

he a year

five dollars a month.

My pay

is ...

dollars a

month,

forty dollars

and twenty

dollars for examinations - a

total of two hundred and twenty dollars a month

at a port where the tonnage is

nearly double that of Singapore;

the figures

in 1889 being,

Singapore

4,934

Singapore, three million, four hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred and fifty four;

Hong Kong,

six million, two hundred and thirty five thousand, five hundred and forty six.

7.

The "raison d'être" of

increase of pay, being the enhanced cost of living

in this

Colony, presses I respectfully submit with official severity

A

European - with

salary.

On my

small

Many of the Eurasian

clerks, will be drawing more than I, the head of the

most paying Department in the

Colony.

Not only will many

Portuguese clerks be receiving

salary than I am, but

Colleagues in my own

Department

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ninety thousand dollars per 6. Your Lordship has been pleased to consider my salary, As a Fours with that of the Assistant Master Attendant at Singapore. That officer receives two hundred dollars a month pay, twenty five dollars for measuring ships for Immigration purposes, and forty dollars Light Dues from the Baner Rock. total of this hundred and sixty- five dollars a month. $90,000 not exact pay 3,320,454 $ 200 25 40 $265 8,160 6,235,546 ... he a year five dollars a month. My pay is ... dollars a month, forty dollars and twenty dollars for examinations - a total of two hundred and twenty dollars a month at a port where the tonnage is nearly double that of Singapore; the figures in 1889 being, Singapore 4,934 Singapore, three million, four hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred and fifty four; Hong Kong, six million, two hundred and thirty five thousand, five hundred and forty six. 7. The "raison d'être" of increase of pay, being the enhanced cost of living in this Colony, presses I respectfully submit with official severity A European - with salary. On my small Many of the Eurasian clerks, will be drawing more than I, the head of the most paying Department in the Colony. Not only will many Portuguese clerks be receiving salary than I am, but Colleagues in my own Department
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ninety . thousand dollars per 6. Your Lordship has been pleased to consider my alary, As a Fours with that of the Misistant Master Attendant at Singapore. That officer dollars a m receives two hundred. month pay, twenty five_ dollars for measuring ships for Comigration purposes, and forty dollars Light Dues from the Baner Rock. total of this hundred and sixty- hundred and sixty $90,000 not exact pug 3320454 $ 200 25 40 $265 8160 6,235,546 callan wan Dance) he a fear five dollars a month. My pay is Me...... qu dollars a month, th, forty dollars Ao and twenty 8 રહ btel of ૪૨૨૦ Collector of Light dues dollars for examinations - a- two hundred and twenty dollars a month at a port where the tonnage is rearly double that of Singapore; the figures in 1889 being, Singapore 493 Singapore, three mittion, there hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred and fifty four; bang long, six million, ho hundred and thirty five thousand, hundred and forty six. five 7. The "raison d'être, of increase of pay, being the enhanced cost of living in this Colony, presses I respectfully submit with ofecial severity A. Curopean - with. salary. On Autom my small Many of the Intriguese- pay clerks, will be drawing more than Jam, the cut head of the most paying Department in the Colony. Not only will mang Where is Meiny this Portuguese.... clerks be receiving salary than I am, but Au. Cordinates in my own کے Department with
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ninety . thousand dollars per

6. Your Lordship has been pleased

to consider

my

alary,

As a

Fours with that of the Misistant

Master Attendant at Singapore.

That officer

dollars a m

receives

two hundred.

month pay,

twenty five_

dollars for measuring ships for

Comigration purposes, and forty dollars

Light Dues from the Baner Rock. total of this hundred and sixty-

hundred and sixty

$90,000

not exact pug

3320454

$ 200

25

40

$265

8160

6,235,546

callan

wan

Dance)

he a fear

five dollars a month.

My pay

is Me......

qu

dollars a

month,

th, forty dollars

Ao

and twenty

8

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btel of

૪૨૨૦

Collector of Light dues

dollars for examinations - a-

two hundred and twenty dollars a month

at a port where the tonnage is

rearly double that of Singapore;

the figures

in 1889 being,

Singapore

493

Singapore, three mittion, there hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred and fifty four;

bang long,

six million, ho hundred and thirty five thousand, hundred and forty six.

five

7.

The "raison d'être, of

increase of pay, being the enhanced cost of living

in this

Colony, presses I respectfully submit with ofecial severity

A.

Curopean - with.

salary.

On Autom

my small

Many of the Intriguese-

pay

clerks, will be drawing more than Jam, the cut head of the

most paying Department in the

Colony.

Not only will mang

Where is Meiny

this

Portuguese....

clerks be receiving

salary than I am, but

Au.

Cordinates in my own

کے

Department

with

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