CO129-462 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [7-10] — Page 163

To the Right Honourable,

VISCOUNT MILNER P.C., G.C.B., G. C. H. G.

H.M.SECRETARY OF STATE FÖR THE COLONIES &c.&c.&c.

SHEWETH as follows:-

THE HUMBLE PETITION of the undersigned

SANITARY INSPECTORS, Hongkong.

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1. Your Petitioners are

2.

Sanitary Inspectors of Hongkong.

Your Petitioners are all men of European Race, and are

fully qualified for the important posts held by them.

3.

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Your Petitioners' duties are similar to those of Inspectors

of Nuisances in England under the Public Health Act, 1876, but

on account of climatic conditions, the incidence of tropical

diseases and epidemics, and the difficulties of dealing with an Asiatic race, largely uneducated, your Petitioners submit that

the discomforts and risks attaching to their work far exceed

those of Inspectors of Nuisances in England,

Until recently the Inspectors were divided into four classes:

(A). Five senior Inspectore, salary £310 to £340.

(B). Four Plague Inspectors, salary £270 to £310.

(c). Seven First Class Inspectors, salary £240 to £270.

(D). Fifteen Second Class Inspectors, salary £165 to £225. Of the five Senior Inspectors one has retired on pension, twp have been transferred to the first class, and only two are

still classed as Senior Inspectors.

First Class

The four Flague Inspectors are now classed as Senior

Inspectors.

5.

The salaries quoted are paid as to 80% at ls. 9d, and as to the balance at the rate of the day; a compulsory deduction of 4%

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