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a
is that
than Singapore |
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salay in more in dollars than
in Singapal.
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Sir,
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920 400 12.
ATR
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 26th. March, 1912.
I have the honour to inform you that Commander
C. W. Beckwith, the Assistant Harbour Master, has made representa- -tions recently on the subject of the salary attached to his post,
and I enclose a copy of an extract from his letter setting out the principal duties which he has to carry out and his special qualifi-
-cations for the work.
2.
The salary of the appointment £460 £540 is
the same as that of the Assistant Master Attendant in the Straits
Settlements but the latter officer is now in receipt of a duty
allowance. I am not in a position to state whether the duties at
Hongkong are more onerous than those at Singapore, but there has
been a very large increase in the tonnage entered and cleared at
the port during the past ten years. The figures are as follows:-
..19,325,384 tons.
.36,534,361 tons.
1901...
1910...
There is also ample evidence to prove that the cost of living in Hongkong has risen during the same period, while the salary of the post has remained practically the same. This has been wet in the Straits Settlements by the grant of a duty allowance and I
recommend that the same course should be adopted here. I think
that an allowance of £120 a year would be fair, to date from the 1st. January last and to be reconsidered if the question of a
E RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&C..
&C..
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