CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6] — Page 240

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Enclosure

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REAP 25 JUN 00

Shanghai, 5th. May, 1900.

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crease to my salary.

I have the honour to apply for an in-

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When appointed, on 15th. April, 1899 my

salary was fixed at $250 per mensem, Exchange Compensation

was added from 1st. January, 1894, and my salary was. increased

· to $300 per mensem from 1st.March, 1895.

3.

The dollar being worth 5/- in 1899,

and 2/- now, my salary was and is (Exchange Compensation in-

cluded) £450 per annum.

4. The decreased purchasing power of the

dollar, since my salary was last augmented, is a sufficient

reason for now asking for a further augmentation.

5. But, considering the important nature of

the duties performed by me, and the ripe experience that I

have brought to bear upon the discharge of them, my opinion is

that have always been underpaid. At the time of my appoint-

ment I had had 15 years' experience of engineering works,

as Honourable R.D. Ormsby,

Director of Public Works,

including

&C,

&C,

&C.

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