CO129-393 - Governor Sir May - 1912 [11] — Page 317

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Enclosure 1 (d).

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Hongkong, 7th. March, 1912.

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E.D.C.Wolfe, Esq.

Head of Sanitary Department.

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sir,

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RECE RECE 23 DEC 12

the undersigned Sanitary Inspectors on salaries

of £165 to £230 and £240 to £270 respectively, beg most

respectfully to submit this, our humble petition, in the hope

that you may be pleased to forward it on our behalf for the

kind consideration of His Excellency the Governori

For some years we have found our salaries to be

inadequate to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living and

high rents, and the struggle we have had to make ends meet has

been no easy one. We are being compelled to live in Chinese

flats, which lack even the average comforts and convenience,

and the surroundings are invariably most insanitary. You, sir,

with your knowledge of Chinese and their mode of living, will

doubtless agree that Chinese tenements are undesirable dwell-

ings for officers, their wives and families. Not only has the

cost of living and housing increased, but the prices of every-

day necessities have reached almost exhorbitant figures. We are

almost unable to meet present-day demands, and we are compelled

to approach you, sir, and humbly ask you to recommend to His

Excellency that our salaries be increased to such an extant

that our present trying circumstances may in some measure be

mitigated.

1st.

We, your humble petitioners, pray that His Excellency will graciously grant our application as from the "of

January, 1912.

Sanitary Inspectors

(Here follows 12 signatures).