CO129-285 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [9-10] — Page 214

tion, it appears to me to fol- low logically that the sala

now entitled

ries of officers to exchange compensation should also be raised, be-

cause the grounds of in- crease of salary advanced

viz. the en

in_

by petitioners hanced cost of living duced by higher rents and fall in exer

in exchange in late years, apply alike to the

case

of receivers of exchan_ ge compensation who have

suffered

suffered by

causes to

reason

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of such

an extent not en

tirely covered by the advan_ tages of exchange compensa-

tion.

пу

The revenue of the Colc.

will not bear this addi_ tional charge unless recourse

is had to extra taxation.

It will be

10.

conve

nient in this despatch to deal also with the petition

of

the Chinese Civil Servants. I

transmit here

I accordingly

with