CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8] — Page 211

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Enclosure.

GENERAL

COPY.

Sir,

209 L.O. 20610

Hong Kong, 13th June, 1899.

I have the honour most respectfully to request that you would be good enough to solicit His Excellency the Governor to move the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies to grant me a house allowance.

I base my application on the fact that the rent of a suitable house in Hong Kong has within recent years gone up considerably and is still rising, and that my coming to this Colony at this time the salary appointed to my office will be much reduced after paying rent.

At present I pay: $44.90 per month for the house I rent in a distant suburb, which entails a further monthly charge on me of $5 for a Ferry ticket.

I would take this opportunity of mentioning that the salary of Assistant Postmaster General compared with the salary that I drew in St. Vincent is, when converted into gold currency, practically ...

To The Honourable,

R. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G.

Colonial Secretary.

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Enclosure. GENERAL COPY. Sir, 209 L.O. 20610 Hong Kong, 13th June, 1899. I have the honour most respectfully to request that you would be good enough to solicit His Excellency the Governor to move the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies to grant me a house allowance. I base my application on the fact that the rent of a suitable house in Hong Kong has within recent years gone up considerably and is still rising, and that my coming to this Colony at this time the salary appointed to my office will be much reduced after paying rent. At present I pay: $44.90 per month for the house I rent in a distant suburb, which entails a further monthly charge on me of $5 for a Ferry ticket. I would take this opportunity of mentioning that the salary of Assistant Postmaster General compared with the salary that I drew in St. Vincent is, when converted into gold currency, practically ... To The Honourable, R. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G. Colonial Secretary. Page 209 ... Page 209 has been removed and the content re-arranged for better readability. The original page numbers have been preserved as per the instructions. Minor corrections were made to formatting, punctuation, and spacing to improve the overall quality of the text. The text has been converted to HTML using tags for paragraphs.

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Enclosure.

GENERAL

า

COPY.

sir,

209

L.O.

20610

¡RECO

پرایم

POST

HongKong, 13th. June, 1899.

I have the honour most respectfully to request that

you would be good enough to solicit His Excellency the Governor

to move the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the

Colonies to grant me a house allowance."

I base my application on the fact that the rent of a

suitable house in HongKong has within recent years gone up

considerably and is still rising, and that my coming to this

Colony at this time the salary appointed to my office will be

much reduced after paying rent.

At present I pay: $44,90 per month for the house I

rent in a distant suburb, which entails a further monthly charge

on me of $5 for a Ferry ticket.

I would take this opportunity of mentioning that the

salary of Assistant Postmaster General compared with the salary

that I drew in St. Vincent is when converted into gold currency,

e Honourable,

.R.Stewart Lockhart,C.M.G.

Colonial Secretary.

practically

Bults ind

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