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Letter from J. Patcher, Superintendent of Botanical and Afforestation Department

I have been residing in Hong Kong for some years, and from letters and papers received recently from there, they are still appreciating. Mr Ford, the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, writing on the 25th August, says: "Houses are more and more difficult to get. New ones are being built. Several people want houses but can't get them. I do not know how you may be affected on your return".

An extract from another friend's letter is as follows:- "Houses are very scarce and there are such a lot of new people coming to the Colony that a house can very readily be relet. There are quite a lot of new houses, some building and some finished over here (Kowloon) and they are taken almost before the first stone is down, or rather brick I should say".

The "China Mail" of August 25th has the following: "House rent it may be added is still appreciating throughout the Colony, notwithstanding the activity in the building trade".

When I left Hong Kong in February of this year, a suitable house could not be obtained for less than $50 mensem, and from the foregoing it is quite certain that no house would be obtainable at that price now. I trust, Sir, that you will be convinced of the reasonableness of my petitions for increases of salary and house allowance, and that you will be pleased to grant the same, so that on my return to Hongkong, I shall find my income sufficiently large to support myself, without encroaching on my wife's salary.

I have the honour to be,

Your obedient Servant,

J. Patcher,

Assistant Superintendent, Botanical and Afforestation Department, Hongkong.

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Letter from J. Patcher, Superintendent of Botanical and Afforestation DepartmentI have been residing in Hong Kong for some years, and from letters and papers received recently from there, they are still appreciating. Mr Ford, the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, writing on the 25th August, says: "Houses are more and more difficult to get. New ones are being built. Several people want houses but can't get them. I do not know how you may be affected on your return".An extract from another friend's letter is as follows:- "Houses are very scarce and there are such a lot of new people coming to the Colony that a house can very readily be relet. There are quite a lot of new houses, some building and some finished over here (Kowloon) and they are taken almost before the first stone is down, or rather brick I should say".The "China Mail" of August 25th has the following: "House rent it may be added is still appreciating throughout the Colony, notwithstanding the activity in the building trade".When I left Hong Kong in February of this year, a suitable house could not be obtained for less than $50 mensem, and from the foregoing it is quite certain that no house would be obtainable at that price now. I trust, Sir, that you will be convinced of the reasonableness of my petitions for increases of salary and house allowance, and that you will be pleased to grant the same, so that on my return to Hongkong, I shall find my income sufficiently large to support myself, without encroaching on my wife's salary.I have the honour to be,Your obedient Servant,J. Patcher,Assistant Superintendent, Botanical and Afforestation Department, Hongkong.
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