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No. 499.

Hongkong.

sir,

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#15 DFC

Government House,

Hongkong, 13th. November, 1902.

23040

In reply to paragraph 5 of your Despatch

No. 294 of the 6th. of last September, I have the honour to

inform you that Mr. Curwen is still living in free quarters

at the Reformatory and that in addition to his salary of

$1,440 a year rising by annual increments of $48 to $1,680 he

now draws an allowance of 70 cents per diem to cover the

expenses incurred by him for lunching in town and travelling

daily to and fro between the Reformatory and the Post Office,

together with an allowance for fuel and light of between $8

and $9 a month. I do not therefore at present see any necessity

for increasing his salary.

2.

Mr. Bullin's salary has been fixed at

$1,380 which was arrived at as follows.- $1,200 per annum

being the initial salary of the former First Clerk in the

Registrar-General's Office plus $180 to cover loss of fuel

and light and extra expense involved in travelling to and

from his present office,and in having his luncheon conveyed

to his office. Mr. Bullin at present occupies free quarters

in the Tung Lung Chau School and he has been promised a

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P

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