82
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absence
59 by junior clerks whose salaries range from $50 to $100 per month
We further wish to lay before you that the Lords Commissioner of the Admiralty have recognised the increased cost of living in Hong Kong, by granting to their Naval Yard Staff generous increments during the past year _
We beg very respectfully to lay before you an average detail of our monthly expenditure
We have no margin left for the
maintenance of ourselves or families in
the Government Civil Hospital should
sickness occur
Average Monthly Expenditure
Widows & Orphans Fund about
+
00
$#
10
46.00
Amah
House rent
Compradore's bill
Washing
Cookboy
Education of Son about
Rickshaw for do to School
Rickshaw for self to Post Office Juel Light
Clothing Boots
Insurance
100·00 10.00
#1·00
8
*
00
47.00
8 '00
15.00
15·00
5.00
Total $243.00
In conclusion we beg to add that although
our pay would be ample for our needs at home, it
is totally inadequate to meet the conditions of life in Hong Hong-
We are, Sir
Your very humble & Obedient Servants
Roberta Savage
Smarties
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