to assist Mr. Martin, as Chief Clerk in the Treasury during the late autumn led one, According to the Treasurer's own desire, to nominate Mr. Mercer to that office, as already reported to your Lordship in my despatch No. 69 of the 25th November.
I need say nothing in recommendation of the ability and exertions of Major F. Caine, the Chief Magistrate; but I must observe that Messrs Fearon and Hillier, the two Assistant Magistrates, are young men of remarkable talent and energy, and that their intimate knowledge of the Chinese language greatly enhances the value of these qualities.
Of the subordinate officers whom I have to notice in the Colonial division of my duplex functions, Mr D'Almada, the Chief Clerk, and Mr Trotter, the Second Clerk, in the Colonial Secretary's office, must not be omitted. The first, although a native of Portugal, has proved by his long services under Captain Elliot and Sir Henry