CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 619

at $300 instead of #360, and of the latter at $540 instead of $300 per annum

3.

The quarters at the Harbour Office have deteriorated so much from a residential point of view since 1875, by "the growth of the Chinese town and the increase shipping, that I do not ~ think they could be let to others than Chinese were

of

- they unoccupied by officers of the Department, and there

is

k

614

is no doubt that the officers

in question could obtain accommodation with far pleasanter surroundings in

a portion of the town not so entirely Chinese

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for the rates quoted in the schedule as : the values of the quarters in

1890.

I have therefore to -

recommend that

on re-

consideration Your Lordship

will allow the salaries voted

in the Estimates

for

the

Boarding