Hong Kong, and that they could not be materially recluse without hindering in some degree the Attainments of the important Objects for which the Colony of Hong Kong has been unnapul in the British Dominions.
Lord Lovelshites however desire throw it may be electorily understood that the Seat of Salaries will represent the full extent of the Emoluments of the Officers of the Chinese Establishments, and that they are not to expect any further incidental Advantages of any kind arising from their Official Situations. Any long Attempt to engage in Trade, either directly or indirectly, must be visited by imminent Dismissal. All Papers must be submitted to the Public Officers, and no Official Vehicles are to be allowed.
Their Lordships have authorized Houses to be provided at the Public Expence at the more distant Consular Stations, if the Earl of Aberdeen should be of opinion that it will be decidedly for the Public Interest that the Establishment be made. Rule should be departed from in this instance; but the reasons for allowing similar exception at Hong Kong recur - lack of equal strength, while to provide a large number of Public Officers with Residences for themselves and their Families would establish inconvenient Precedents, and would be productive of serious Burthen both for the original Erection of the Buildings, and for their subsequent Maintenance.
If it be intended that the various Persons belonging to this Establishment should be entitled to the benefits of the Superannuation Fund, it will be necessary that the Reductions prescribed by the Acts 4:25, 4m 4th Geo: 24 Sec: 27 should be made from their Salaries; and it cannot be left to the Choice of each Individual whether or not he will be placed on the List of Persons entitled to Superannuation. According to the usual Practice in such cases, all the Persons belonging to a Public Establishment...
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