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Rec# 28 APR 10.
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His Excellency
Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard,K.O.M.G.,C.B.,
D.S.O. Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice
Admiral of the same
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The humble Petition of certain Indian
Guards, Warders and Assistant Wardere
of Victoria Gaol.
Showeth as follows:-
1. Your Petitioners are natives of India and are employed
respectively as Guards Warders and Assistant Warders in Victoria
Gaol.
2.
The pay which your Petitioners receive at the present time
is practically the same as the pay given to them or to the then
Warders and Guards of Victoria Gaol fourteen years ago when the
purchasing power of the dollar in Hongkong was far greater than
ite present purchasing power.
3.
The pay of the European staff of Victoria Gaol at the present time is very considerably greater than it was fourteen years ago and in addition to their increase of pay exchange compensation has been granted in the case of that staff whereas
no such compensation has been awarded to your Petitioners.
4.
In consequence of the decreased value of the dollar as above mentioned the pay which your Petitioners receive is barely
sufficient to provide them with the necessaries of life.
5.
The work which your Petitioners are engaged is of an
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