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600 is tale £500 per ansvar
Sin
Victoria, Hongkong,
Dec 26. 1847.
I have to request the favour of your
Sir
calling, His becellency For John Davis & attention
to the following facts
in connersion with my
appointment as Colonial Surgeon, which was
gazetted about the 10th
# of May last, when I
· very important
accidentally discovered that a
error had been made in the computation of the
Revenues
of the office, _ a point which having already
-
no further
come under the notice of Earl Grey, needs no
remark here.
Reviously to my accepting the office,
By abern
it was represented to me,
officially, that my salary
would be subject to income-tax excepted; I find on my a
no deductions whatever, the
The Honorable, Major Caine.
arrival here,