CO129-393 - Governor Sir May - 1912 [11] — Page 313

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Enclosure 1. (c).

C.O. 305 40735

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To

His Excellency

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RECO RECE 23 DEC 12

Sir Frederick Dealtry Lugard, G.C.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.

The Humble Petition of Principal Warders

and Warders of Victoria Gaol, Hongkong.

Respectfully sheweth as follows:-

1. Your Petitioners, the Principal Warders, are

Principal Warders of the Victoria Gaol at Victoria in the Colony

of Hongkong, and Your Petitioners, the Warders, are Warders of

the said Victoria Gaol.

2. In or about the month of December 1910 the

premises of the Victoria Gaol were considerably enlarged and

the duties and responsibilities of Your Petitioners have since

proportionately increased.

3. The hours of duty appertaining to the employment

of Your Petitioners, the Principal Warders, are nightly from

5.45 p.m. till 6 a.m. without interruption and daily on alter-

nate days from 5.30 a.m. till 6 p.m. and from 6.15 a.m. till 5

p.m. with intervals in the first case of 3 hours and in the

second case of 24 hours.

4. The hours of duty appertaining to the employment

Your Petitioners, the Warders, are on alternate days from 5.30 t

a.m. till 6 p.m. and from 6.15 a.m. till 5 p.m. with intervals

in the first case of 34 hours and in the second case of 24

hours.

5. The hours of leisure and public holidays per-

mitted to Your Peyitioners are considerably less than those

generally conceded to other members of the Hongkong Civil Ser-

vice of which the following are a few instances, that is to say

the Hongkong Civil Servants other than Your Petitioners enjoy

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