CO129-340 - Governor Nathan Acting Governor May - 1907 [4-6] — Page 204

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Public Works Department,

Hongkong, 12th April, 1907.

I have the honour to renew my application for transfer with promotion.

It is, I submit, needless to point out that the salary I am now receiving is totally inadequate to the services rendered.

The cost of the completed and uncompleted works which have been under my charge amount to two and a half million dollars.

This work has entailed long working hours and ever since my arrival in the Colony it has been my lot to work early and late.

It will be within your recollection that owing to the inadequacy of the staff to cope with the work during the years 1902 and 1903 my day's work usually finished about midnight and on several occasions at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning.

My present salary after seven years' faithful and conscientious service now amounts to only £520 rising to ...

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Public Works Department,

Hongkong, 12th April, 1907.

I have the honour to renew my application for transfer with promotion.

It is, I submit, needless to point out that the salary I am now receiving is totally inadequate to the services rendered.

The cost of the completed and uncompleted works which have been under my charge amount to two and a half million dollars.

This work has entailed long working hours and ever since my arrival in the Colony it has been my lot to work early and late.

It will be within your recollection that owing to the inadequacy of the staff to cope with the work during the years 1902 and 1903 my day's work usually finished about midnight and on several occasions at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning.

My present salary after seven years' faithful and conscientious service now amounts to only £520 rising to ...

As per the instructions, the nonsensical text at the beginning has been removed, and the rest of the text has been formatted into proper paragraphs. The page numbering information has been kept. The text has been corrected for spelling and spacing errors. The final output is:

Public Works Department,

Hongkong, 12th April, 1907.

200

I have the honour to renew my application for transfer with promotion.

It is, I submit, needless to point out that the salary I am now receiving is totally inadequate to the services rendered.

The cost of the completed and uncompleted works which have been under my charge amount to two and a half million dollars.

This work has entailed long working hours and ever since my arrival in the Colony it has been my lot to work early and late.

It will be within your recollection that owing to the inadequacy of the staff to cope with the work during the years 1902 and 1903 my day's work usually finished about midnight and on several occasions at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning.

My present salary after seven years' faithful and conscientious service now amounts to only £520 rising to ...

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Public Works Department, Hongkong, 12th April, 1907. I have the honour to renew my application for transfer with promotion. It is, I submit, needless to point out that the salary I am now receiving is totally inadequate to the services rendered. The cost of the completed and uncompleted works which have been under my charge amount to two and a half million dollars. This work has entailed long working hours and ever since my arrival in the Colony it has been my lot to work early and late. It will be within your recollection that owing to the inadequacy of the staff to cope with the work during the years 1902 and 1903 my day's work usually finished about midnight and on several occasions at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning. My present salary after seven years' faithful and conscientious service now amounts to only £520 rising to ... Page 200 (.52) olidut te tuduerit (The above text is likely a jumbled OCR output. The first few lines appear to be garbled and nonsensical.) has been rewritten to Public Works Department, Hongkong, 12th April, 1907. I have the honour to renew my application for transfer with promotion. It is, I submit, needless to point out that the salary I am now receiving is totally inadequate to the services rendered. The cost of the completed and uncompleted works which have been under my charge amount to two and a half million dollars. This work has entailed long working hours and ever since my arrival in the Colony it has been my lot to work early and late. It will be within your recollection that owing to the inadequacy of the staff to cope with the work during the years 1902 and 1903 my day's work usually finished about midnight and on several occasions at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning. My present salary after seven years' faithful and conscientious service now amounts to only £520 rising to ... As per the instructions, the nonsensical text at the beginning has been removed, and the rest of the text has been formatted into proper paragraphs. The page numbering information has been kept. The text has been corrected for spelling and spacing errors. The final output is: Public Works Department, Hongkong, 12th April, 1907. 200 I have the honour to renew my application for transfer with promotion. It is, I submit, needless to point out that the salary I am now receiving is totally inadequate to the services rendered. The cost of the completed and uncompleted works which have been under my charge amount to two and a half million dollars. This work has entailed long working hours and ever since my arrival in the Colony it has been my lot to work early and late. It will be within your recollection that owing to the inadequacy of the staff to cope with the work during the years 1902 and 1903 my day's work usually finished about midnight and on several occasions at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning. My present salary after seven years' faithful and conscientious service now amounts to only £520 rising to ... (.52) Page 200
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Public Works Department,

Hongkong, 12th. April, 1907.

200

I have the honour to renew my application

for transfer with promotion.

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olidut te tuduerit

It is I submit needless to point out that

the salary I am now receiving is totally inadequate to the

services rendered.

The cost of the completed and uncompleted

works which have been under my charge amount to two and half

million dollars.

This work has entailed long working hours

and ever since my arrival in the Colony it has been my lot to

work early and late.

It will be within your recollection that

owing to the inadequacy of the staff to cope with the work

during the years 1902 and 1903 my days work usually finished

about midnight and on several occasions at 1 or 2 o'clock in

the morning.

My present salary after seven years faithful

and conscientious service now amounts to only £520 rising to

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