Authority was given in recordance with Fir & Rohingers Wen mendahon in the employment of separate Establishment for the Departments of Trade and Civil Government, the former Establishment to consist of a Secretary and Registrar and Four Clerks at a total expense of £2701. 18.) a year. Besides a Chief Secretary's Assistant and Four Clerks with at a total expense of £2286.0 a year; And the latter of a Colonial Secretary and Four Clerks at a total expense of £3001. 10% pa annum.
But My Lords request that Sir H. Pottinger may be instructed, before acting on this authority, carefully to consider whether one Secretary with a Deputy to take his place in case of unavoidable sickness or absence, and one Establishment of Clerks would not be sufficient for the proper transaction of the duties of both Departments, especially in case Hong Kong should not become a place of considerable resort for shipping, and whether some important advantages would not be gained by continuing the present arrangement of an united Secretariat acting under the Functionary holding the United Offices of Governor and Chief Superintendent, the correspondence belonging to each of the two Departments being kept entirely distinct, at the same time that every advantage ...
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