CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 366

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The duties of an Emigration Officer are of an

onerous nature and when undertaken in respect of a

foreign ship great discretion has to be exercised to

avoid giving rise to disagreeable incidents. The

Emigration Officer is called upon to inspect the

ship and stores, and to ascertain that there is

proper ventilation, separation of the sexes, hospi-

tal accommodation, latrines, &c., and this labour is

carried on under exceedingly unpleasant and frequent-

ly hazardous conditions even at Amoy and Swatow,

while at Kiungchow, as I know from my personal

acquaintance with the port, a journey of six miles

by water is an additional inconvenience and demand

upon the Consul's time.

Apart from the "overtime fee", the remuneration

granted to the Emigration Officer since 1986 has

been fixed at $20. Considering the depreciation in

the value of the dollar since that date, that in

consequence thereof the fees of the Surveyors and

the Medical Officers employed have been spontaneous-

ly