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Enclosure.

1894,

C.

1899.

House Rent, including Taxes:-

480.00

949.20

Seymour Terrace

660.00

1,356.00

360.00

813.60

Belilios Terrace...................

480.00

*

"Rocklands Robinson Road (Detached

House),

1,020.00

1,356.00

Macdonnell Road,

1,220.40

New.

New Semi-detached Houses,

1,356,00

Food:

cts.

cts.

cts.

ets.

Beef,

⚫per I.

6 to 14

10 to 20

Mutton,

15 to 17

18 to 20

""

Fish,

10 to 13

14 to 16

"

Poultry,

13 to 18

18 to 24

22

Clothing,

Servants :-

Boy,

Cook,.

Chair Coolies,....................

Japan-

Return passage to

Increase between 30 to 35%

137

+

per month

$5.00 to $15.00

99

$8.00 to $13,00

27

$6.00 to $7.50

$8.00 to $18.00

$13.00 to $18.00

$7.00 to $8.50

$90

$113

No. 233.

SIR,

(Governor to Secretary of State.)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 18th August, 1899.

With reference to the final paragraph of your despatch No. 10 of the 6th January last and to your further despatch No. 114 of the 22nd June last, I have the honour to refer you to my despatch No. 199 of the 27th ultimo forwarding a memorial from certain Civil Servants on the subject of the inadequacy of the salaries at present obtaining in this Colony, and to suggest that, if you approve the appointment of a Committee of Enquiry as requested in that memorial, the question of classifying the salaries of appointments in Hongkong and of assimila- ting them to the rates of salary in force in the Straits Settlements, and further of deciding what increases of salary, if any, should be granted to officers of this Gov- ernment in view of the addition to their duties consequent upon the taking over of the New Territory, should be referred to such Committee.