824
16485
Rac
Assessor's
đông trong Hong
9th July 1890
Offed UC 20
AUG 30
My dear Max Lockwood,
I am writing to you on a personal, and selfish matter but feel sure you will excuse the liberty I am taking when I have explained the position of affairs. First of all let me remind you that I am the son of Max Ben Chapman of York, in whose behalf you so kindly interested yourself last August to secure my appointment as Assessor of Rates to the Government of Hong Kong.
And let me express my grateful consideration for the following reasons:
In September last I entered into a three year's agreement with the Crown Agents to come here at $2,500 per annum, in total ignorance of the exorbitant expenses to which Europeans are subjected to, and also of the real value of a dollar, which I understood was 4/7 or 4/10 instead of about 3/-.
In the Estimates for 1890 my original Salary was stated at $2,500, but in November - at which time I was on my way out - the Hon A. Lister - Colonial Treasurer - in going through
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824
16485
Rac
Assessor's
đông trong Hong
9th July 1890
Offed UC 20
AUG 30
My dear Mox Lockwood,
J
Aur
writing you
on a
personal, and selfish matter but feel.
you will excuse the liberty I am
sure
taking
when I have explained the position of affairs, First of all let me remind
you
that I am the son of Mox. Ben Chapman "of York, in whose behalf you so
interested
yourself last
kindly
Angust to
my
secure
appointment as
as Assessor of Rates to the Government of Hong Kong.
yoru بهار
kind
And
how
let
consideration
ark.
of the following
In September last I entered into
a
three
year's agreement with the Croww Agents to come here at $2.500 per annum, in total ignorance of
ce of the exorbitant expenses we
"Europeans are subjected to, and also of the real value of
understood was
a dollar, which I
was 47/20
In the
12 instead of about 3/-.
Estimates for 1890 my
original
Salary was stated at $2.500, but in November - at which time I was on my way out- the How A. Lister - Colonial Treasurer - in going through
1.
the
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