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68.

asy further correspondence on this subject,

the above number should be quoted.

and

the communication should be

addressed to

«The Comptroller and Auditor General"

EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT,

Ci

SOMERSET HOUSE,

LONDON, W.C.

281

27th March, 1900.

C. O.

9758

RECE

&

125037 99

An

Sir:-

Eat 20 MAR 00

I am directed by the Comptroller and Auditor General

to transmit to you, for submission to the Secretary of

State, a copy of a letter received from Mr Nicolle, the

Local Auditor of Hong Kong, asking that his present rate of

pay may be reconsidered, and that he may receive the same

treatment as the other officials in the Colony whose

salaries have been increased by the Secretary of State's

despatch to the Governor, No 280, of 8th December last.

2. In forwarding Mr Nicolle's application for the

favourable consideration of Mr Secretary Chamberlain, I am

to state that, in view of his long and very efficient

service, the Comptroller and Auditor General is of opinion

that Mr Nicolle is fairly entitled to some increase in his

remuneration. He accordingly recommends that he may be

placed on the same footing as regards salary as the officers

mentioned in paragraph 4 (b) of the despatch referred to,

who, it is seen, have been assigned a scale of salary, to

take effect from 1st January last, of $4,800 rising to

$5,400 by triennial increments of $300.

3. Should the Secretary of State concur in this

arrangement, the Comptroller and Auditor General would

further recommend that the increased rate of pay for the

Local Auditor be considered personal to Mr Nicolle, and

that the salary assigned to the post should be subject to

reconsideration in the event of a vacancy occurring. Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

A.

&&. D. Form 1h.

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