I have the honour to be,
Sir,
most Obedient
Your most
Humble Servant,
William Robings
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Enclosure.
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Director of Public Works to Colonial SecreRac}.
REC 19 0095)
Public Works Department,
Hong Kong 25th. May 1895.
sir,
In reply to your circular No. 37, I have the honour to
forward you herewith the usual statement for the preparation of
Estimates
the Establishment for 1898.
A
As will be observed it is practically the same as that
of 1895 with one or two alterations the authorities for which are
given in the column headed remarks.
2.
I have, however, received applications for increase of
salaries from some of the officers, viz., Messrs. Chatham, King,
Tse Tsan-tai, Chan Kan-to and Cheong Yau, these are attached.
3.
In submitting these applications I request to be allowed
to bring the following facts to the notice of His Excellency the
Governor and respectfully urge that the question of increasing
the salaries of the engineering staff receive the favourable con-
sideration of His Excellency the Governor.
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On reference to Colonial Office despatch No. 243 of 1889
it will be seen that His Excellency Sir William Des Voeux, in his
despatches 234 of the 27th. July 1889 and 318 of the 5th. October
1889 at the time of the reorganization of this Department recon-
mended
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