CO129-282 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [3-4] — Page 177

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for meritorious service, I should find

self

a. J

in

400SE JE

my

position than I have been

20 yea idi

regards salary for

On

over

frau.

which in Hong Kong it is

position I hold.

∙ing pay, barely possible to live

св

10%/y

I

wa J

RA

befits the high

sala of 3,001 Rupees, worth then moment

promoted in Ceylon to

Leão a year.

In 1887

ura. J

promoted to

9,000 Rupees worth then

Aid Le a year, and as I have shewn

a

Awo

α

salar

the salary

is

n

و

now

draur in

1898,

with

infinitely heavier duties and responsis is

rth only £804 a year.

my departure from Cylon,

by

10.

Since

Mr. Murray, my junior

the

11.

Ceylon

Public Works of

man

my

years in

partment, has

been promoted to the Office of Colonial Engineer at Singapore

hore on

a

much higher

salary than tha attacked to the Hong Kon appointment. The Office of Assistant Director of Public Works has been created: Ceylon with a salary of 12,000 Rupees, also

worth much

more

than

an

my salary here, appointment I might reasonably have expected to receive had I decided to remain in Cerflon.

of

Leaving all personal matters out consideration, I venture to think that the salary attached to the office hold here is inadequate considering the importance,

I

duties

2.

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