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vernment service, and your Petitioners venture to assume that
Lamborg the reasons for which such latter compensation has been mede
apply equally to the Chinese employed by the Hong-Kong Govern-
ment.
8.
Very recently the Imperial Chinese Government have
increased the pay of its officers in the Maritime Custom
Service as follows.-
To Europeans indoor
100 per cent.
Do.
Do.
outdoor
65 Do.
Do. Chinese
50 Do.
and this has been done for the reasons set forth in paragraph
6 of this Petition.
Dated the 17th.June, 1898.
Your Petitioners therefore hum-
hly pray that His Excellency
will be graciously pleased to
take your Petitioners position
into his favourable considera-
tion and recommend to the Right
Honourable the Secretary of
State such an increase to their
salaries as to him may seem just.
(Sd.) Ng Kwai Shang & 63 others.
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