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the trouble and responsibility now on account of Hongkong alone is certainly more than that in 1868 on account of Hongkong and

the Agencies. In the Post Office any time not occupied with

office work is spent in supervision of the staff etc.

I am of opinion that often the Secretary of

State grants personal allowances so that present holders of

posts may not suffer pecuniary loss. I believe that recently

Mr. Irving the Director of Education got a personal allowance,

on account of loss of certain other allowances (Examination

of Queen's College kc.), and also the more parallel case of the

Local Auditor, who was granted £100 extra to make up for the

£100 loss on auditing Naval accounts.

I would also point out that the salary of

the Postmaster-General in the sister Colony of the Straits

Settlements is £900 to £1,020 the equivalent to a lat. class

appointment ** in this Colony. I would submit that the salaries

of these two Officers should be similar. Mr. Bell the P.M.G. of

S.S. come out to the East the same year as myself.

So far as I can remember in my letter of

appointment as P.M.G, no mention was made as regards the salary

or this allowance; but I believe that in the letter from the

Colonial Office to the late Mr. L. A. M. Jonston, when offering

the appointment the £100 was included in the statement of

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the Straits Settlements service

Mr. Johnston, who had personal experience

of both Colonies stated that the xxk work at Hongkong was

considerably in excess of that at Singapore.

(Sd.) C. McI. Messer,

P.M.G.

2nd.September, 1910.

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