were
are not adapted to the proposed and
A reference having been made to McButzlaff through whom they procured - it appears that they engaged
are
at $60 each per month from the
2nd the Instant.
You
are now
requested to place yourself in communication with Mr Butzlaff and Mr Pedder and to have them discharged from the end of this month, replacing them by two others more suitable, as a temporary arrangement. His Excellency the Governor in Council is disposed to think that it will be both better and more economical in the end to buy or build Boats and
begged to consult with Mr Pedder and to report your joint opinion on this point as well as the probable expense
I have &c
(Signed) Richard O'omann
you
No
No: 170
The Honorable
Major Caine
Chief Magistrate
Victoria
763
Hong Kong. April 24th 1844.
I am directed to acknowledge
the
receipt of your letter No: 162 of the 22nd Instant, with its Enclosures, reporting death of Private John Miles of the Police Corps and likewise that the Honorable the Major General Commanding the Troops had seen good to replace any man who
may hereafter be dismissed from the Police for drunkenness or other offences and remanded to their Regiments.
to you
reason to decline to
In reply I am directed to observe
especially with reference
more
to