CO129-304 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [1-4] — Page 100

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I should also mention that the coxswains

employed in the Harbour Department” dỡ” not hold certificates

under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance,” while ̈thime employed

in the Police Department de This means higher wages for the

latter.

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3.

By the attached schedule it will be

seen that I propose to employ 1 2nd class Coxswain; 1 End

class Engineer, and 1 2nd class Stoker at new and' enchanced

rates of pay. These men are intended for the medium sized

launch which I have found it necessary to station at Tai Po

as I find that a pinnace cannot cover the extended waters

there with efficiency.

The position is an isolated one, the

crew live entirely on the launch in which the accommodation

is not of the best, and I consider that in all the circum

stances the new rates are necessary to keep a good crew ›

together.

4.

As regards seamen I have never been

able to get satisfactory, mer. at the rates ($9 and $10) Tized

in the Colonial Secretary's Office above referred to. They

are not really seamen by profession.

The seamen on the "Stanley" are the

class I require, and on this subject I have again consulted

Mr. Basil Taylor copy of whose' minute to me I attach,

Chinese rekon that they have a much

easier birth in the "Stanley" than in a Police launch,,

because the former is as a rule at: her buggy at night.

Mr. Basil Taylor, inforns me that the

lowest figure he can get me seamen for the pinnaces in the

Harbour is $10 a month, and I accordingly propose that rate

for second glass seamen,

For 1st class seamen I propose $11 a

month which with ration allowances will bring the pay up to

10

$14 100 These men are intended for the two large new launche

and the medium sized one doing duty in Mira Bay, and for

that