Government House; Hongkong, 18th March, 1902.
No. 353
With reference to your Despatch No. 14 of the 10th January last informing me that Messrs. R. A. J. Savage and T. H. Martin had been selected on the recommendation of the Postmaster-General for appointment as Examining Supervisors in the Hongkong Post Office, I have the honour to transmit for your consideration the enclosed copy of letters addressed by them to the Acting Postmaster-General relative to the grant of a house allowance or an increase of salary.
2. It will be observed from these letters that Messrs. Savage and Martin were under the impression that the question of quarters or an allowance in lieu thereof was mentioned to them in the Colonial Office, and that they were told that the matter was one which could be arranged in Hongkong. Though no mention of such privileges, therefore, appears in their Agreements, and though it was never intended by this Government that such privileges should be offered, the applicants state that their expectations with regard to salary in Hongkong have not been realised and that they understood from
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353
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With reference to your Despatch No. 14 of
the 10th. January last informing me that Messrs. R. A. J. -
Savage and T. H. Martin had been selected on the recommenda-
tion of the Postmaster-General for appointment as Examining
Supervisors in the Hongkong Post Office, I have the honour te
transit før your consideration the enclosed copy of letters
addressed by them to the Acting Postmaster-General relative
to the grant of a house allowance or an increase of salary.
losures,
1000. March,
2.
It will be observed from these letters
that Messrs. Savage and Martin were under the impression that
the question of quarters or an allowance in lieu thereef was
mentioned to them in the Colonial Office, and that they were
told that the matter was one which could be arranged in Hong-
kong. Though ne mention of such privileges, therefore, appears
in their Agreements, and though it was never intended by this
Goverment that such privileges should be offered, the appli-
cants state that their expectations with regard to salary in
Hongkong have not been realised and that they understood from
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
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