CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6] — Page 295

No.95

Hongkong.

Sir,

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REP

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Government House, 5 DAY OF

Hongkong, 3rd. April, 1905.

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With reference to Sir Henry Blake's Des-

patch No. 292 of the 17th. June, 1903, relative to the ap-

pointment of an Assistant Secretary in the Sanitary Depart-

ment which was approved in your telegram of the 24th. October,

38509 1903, I have the honour to inform you that I propose subject

to your approval to abolish this post and to substitute for

it a Principal Clerkship, to be classed among Prize Appoint-

ments, at a salary of £230 rising to 2280 by triennial incre-

ments of £25.

2.

My reason for making this alteration is

that now that the Staff of the Department and the general

public have become familiar with the working of the Fublic

Health and Buildings Ordinance (No. 1 of 1903), two Secretaries

of the Cadet Class are no longer needed. The work in the

Secretary's Office is mainly clerical, and with the help of a

responsible clerk the Secretary alone should be able to deal

with it.

3.

I have placed the initial salary of the

proposed appointment at the comparatively high figure of £230,

as the duties of the post, comprising the issuing of instruc-

-tions

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,

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