CO129-285 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [9-10] — Page 220

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the Hongkong Government Service, by reason of greater

expenses attendant on residence in "ongkong, there should

likewise be an admission as regards your petitioners that

living in the Colony for them has also become a greater

struggle than formerly.

14.

Your petitioners therefore pray that,

having regard to the reasons set forth in this petition

and in its Enclosure I, some concession should be mude

them to enable them to meet the difficulty which has beset

them to maintain the appearance of perfect respectability

which their respective offices dem..nd of them, on account

of their minimized earnings caused by the fall in the

value of money and by the additional expenses for house-

rent, food, and other necessaries of life generally in

Hongkong.

Claims Quilave Silva. Zootbergone Lacted Inspuiting Stendars.

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Kahfuck Memedies Koonderam

And your petitioners will ever pray,

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Dated, Hongkong, 15th. September, 1898.

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