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No.140.

Sir,

ENCLOSURE.

Public Works Office
Hong Kong, 23rd February, 1901.

I have the honour to forward a letter from my Office Assistant and Accountant and to state that I consider his request for more clerical assistance in this Department is reasonable and indeed necessary.

The clerical work of this office has increased very much during the past few years. In addition to the figures given by Mr. Wood which shows that we had in 1900 to deal with an expenditure of $993,115 as against $734,397 in 1892 and $572,237 in 1893 I may call attention to the increase in correspondence. The number of letters and references to be dealt with in 1893 when the staff was the same as now was as follows:

From Colonial Secretary Letters to Government Departments and Miscellaneous 1893 573 separate papers
1122 references 1355 1900 602 1808 Do. 2330

The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.

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No.140. Sir, ENCLOSURE. Public Works Office Hong Kong, 23rd February, 1901. I have the honour to forward a letter from my Office Assistant and Accountant and to state that I consider his request for more clerical assistance in this Department is reasonable and indeed necessary. The clerical work of this office has increased very much during the past few years. In addition to the figures given by Mr. Wood which shows that we had in 1900 to deal with an expenditure of $993,115 as against $734,397 in 1892 and $572,237 in 1893 I may call attention to the increase in correspondence. The number of letters and references to be dealt with in 1893 when the staff was the same as now was as follows: From Colonial Secretary Letters to Government Departments and Miscellaneous 1893 573 separate papers1122 references 1355 1900 602 1808 Do. 2330 The Honourable The Colonial Secretary.
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No.140.

sir,

ENCLOSURE.

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415

27047

*

Public Works Office

Hong-Kong, 23rd. February, 1901.

I have the honour to forward a letter from my

Office Assistant and Accountant and to state that I consider

his request for more clerical assistance in this Department

is reasonable and indeed necessary.

The clerical work of this office has increased

very much during the past few years. In addition to the figures

given by Mr.Wood which shows that we had in 1900 to deal with

an expenditure of $993,115 as against $734,397 in 1892 and

$572,237 in 1893 I may call attention to the increase in cor-

respondence. The number of letters and reference to be dealt

with in 1893 when the staff was the same as now was as follows

From Colonial Secretary

Letters to Government

Departments and Mis-

cellaneous.

1893

573 separate papers 1122 references

1355

1900

602

Do.

1808

DO.

2330

The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary.

I

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