CO129-268 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [7-11] — Page 245

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Your Petitioners have most of them families in their native country deposiderit or partly dependent on them for supports coed formerly your Poletioners were alle out of their pay to comil amenul averaging. about $50 a year each man to their said families but now awing to the heavy moreuse in the prices in Houghtong of the articles of necessity required by your Petitioners they. are comfortted to spend the wide of their pay upon themcolver or to suffer considerable privation.

year 1867 and

The follning table shows the difference in

in price of certavie articks of necessity to your Petitioners between the several subsequent years and the present year.

bor 1867 and for several years afterwards

Flour cost per bag $1:25 and now costs $1:85′′

Ghee

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per 11 Batties $1

per calty 25 cents -

per & Patties ?

cally 33 cents

The price of almost every other actice of food commonly weed by your Pelitiniors has increased in proportion while fail corts three times the ammonit it did formerly.

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Your Poletiners were formerly able to obtaire for a ume 112. Rockees best in consequence of the fall in exchange they o now obtain but little more than 90 Rupees for the same sum. 9.

Five of yoove Petitioners who are married men have no Juantorp provided for

for them as is the case with the Curican constables in Hong Hong but are compelled to find lodging for these nives and families at a much greater expome

now than formorty.

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Since the year 1867 the pay of the Encopican latice in Hong Hong has been three times increased uning to the rose in forice in the Colony of articles of necessity and to the fall in exchange.

The pay of the Chinese members of the Police Force in Hong Hong has also been increased with the result that there is but a very slight difference between the pay of a Pint Class Chinese Contable ant that of a First Class Intoare Constable while the pay of a Tout Class Clanese Rergeant exceeds that of a First Class Indian Sergeant by $2:50 por mouth the annual pay of an Indian Port Class Vergeant being $270 and that of a Chinese Fint Class Aergeant being #300

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