Chinese praying for an in-
of salary.
crease
2.
The enclosures of that
Enel: 2. 14-8-98.
petition comprise the corres pondence which has passed on the question, and the ac- companying copy of a minute in ge and schedule from the pen of the Acting Colonial Secretary will show the grounds upon
which I declined to accede to the request made in the original letter dated 14th June, 1898. The minute referred to
was
Enel: 3. Schedut.
202
was endorsed by the head.
of Jardine Matheson and Com
pany.
3.
The present petition,
strictly speaking.
is inaccu
rately described as that of the subordinate staff of the Civil Service of Hong Kong
in
ex
cepting Chinese, being reality the petition of the Portugue
se and Indian mem.
uese
bers of the Civil Service only.
4.
From paragraphe 5
and 6 of the petition, I ga-:
да
ther
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