CO129-278 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [11-12] — Page 208

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ceeds either of these posts.

I also respectfully ask to bring before His

Excellency's notice a fact that in June 1890 I refused an

appointment offered to me from the ureat "Veritas“ Regis-

try of shipping to join that Society as Engineer Surveyor

in Liverpool at a salary off190 per annum with an increase

of £12 a year, but preferred to enter the Colonial service

(after a competitive examination) as Assistant Marine Sur-

veyor of this port at $200 a month. The collar then being

worth three shillings and nine pence.

In December 1891,ay predecessor (with His

Excellency's consent) resigned his appointment after six-

teen months service, through the remuneration being inade-

quate and I was appointed Principal surveyor in January

1892, at the sale salary he received less the examination

fees for Engineering candidates which up to that time had

always been given to the Marine Surveyor as a perquisite.

The cuties of the Government surveyor in

Hong-Kong as you are aware, Sir, are very responsible, ana

very important. The work of surveying Hulls, Boilers,Machine-

ry, Steam

earlaunches, Tonnage, co., in addition to office work, is

very hard indeed for the present remuneration and I believe

I can positively say that after a service of 15 years coing

the class of work I have mentioned, in a climate like this

that no person who even has the most robust constitution

will