CO129-466 - Individuals - 1920 — Page 691

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receives promotion & a higher post, pook were then graded; but so far I have I received no promotion.

The

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pood of Supt, of afer, Car, olhores has

higher scale of paya

hitherto been on

paython

any post in the Clerical Service.

Being a married man with wife & Family of necessity in England, and myself in Hong Kong:

my

Enormous merease in Camation and the Cost of living has been such that unless I can on te. Ensideration be fairly granted a larger increase to my pensionable Bubluments (#oor (10) than 19:40%, the future will become more. than difficult for me, as my unavoidable Family Expenses in the

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have prevented me from Jaining anything out of my salary. The present is thy thirtieth year int Service, and in the Shame post, and I ask that the £70 pensionable personal allowance,

lien of promotion,

granted chiefly

in

not be discontinued.

With £800 an Salary,

may

£70 personable

£870

only

be an increase of 29.85%

and in all the

allowance, the total pensionable Emoluments of

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on the red tobald of £670.

Fan the

foregoing reasons,

Circumstances of my clase as set forth in previous Correspondence. I earnestly hope that "my request

to be given the face increase of

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£9.85%. May the granted

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obedient Lewant.

Javid Wood,

Supt., apse Art, & Shores,

pwn. Hongkong.