CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906 — Page 292

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REPORT ON THE HONGKONG POSTAL AGENCY AT AMOY.

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4} The Agent of the Hongkong Post Office in Amoy is

appointed by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, and

for nearly forty years the appointment has been held by

the British Consular Assistant, on the recommendation of

the Consul.

b) The present Agent is Mr. Mackinnon, the Consular

Assistant here.

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c) The Office of the Agency is a room on the ground floor

of the Consular Offices at Kulangsu. There is also a

branch office on the Amoy side, in charge of two Chinese

clerks.

a) The work of the Agency is extremely heavy, and the

wages paid by the Hongkong Post Office to the staff are

very small. The Postal Agent, therefore, is forced to

sacrifice practically half of his salary as wages to the Post Office staff. Mr. Mackinnon receives $75.00 (seventy five dollars) salary as Postal Agent, out of which he pays $36.00 to the Post Office clerk, Mr. Simoès, only re-

taining $39.00 for himself. Mr. Simoës' salary as Postal

Clerk is quite disproportionate to the onerous duties ne performs, as he only receives $25.00 per month and he is required to attend to the receipt and despatch of mails every day, Sundays included, and at all hours. As he thus

relieves the Agent of most of the heavier portion of the

routine work, such as the sorting of mails, etc., the

Agent supplements his salary out of his own,

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