CO129-399 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [1-2] — Page 176

RECO

C.O.

5610

REG 17 FEB 13!

Land Office,

Hong Konɛ,

8. January,

175

1913.

Sir,

With reference to my letter to you of the

72 15th September last and your reply to 29157/1912 I have the

honour to inform you that I have received a further reply--

through the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong informing me that

you are unable to meet my wisi.es because you do not consider the

salary attached to the post ( Viz. Assistant Land Officer in

Fong Kong) which I occupy, inadequate for the work the incum-

bent is called upon to perform, and in reply I beg leave to say

that:-

1. No notice seems to have been taken of a very

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2.

important point which I raised in my letter of the

15th September, viz the overruling of the decisior

of a former Secretary of State in Despatch No.381

of 31 October 1903, in which it was laid down-

when the Assistant Land Officers for the New - - - -

Territories were first appointed-that as the----

qualifications required of the occupant of the

post which I now have the honour to hold were as

Eood as theirs, their pay should be no greater.

The posts of the three Assistant Land Officers

were subsequently to the above mentioned Despatch

placed in Class III under the Sterling Salary

Scheme, which provided that their pay should be 1420 rising by triennial increments of L40 to £540 per annum. Officers appointed after this

Scheme came into force Lave therefore to serve 9

years, before they reach the salary drawn by---

their predecessors at first appointment under the]

old