services must be available on all occasions
when they may
be required by the...
Government . This appointment will
bear date from
the 1st Instant inclusive,
Salary thereof is fixed at £319.
(Three hundred and nineteen) per annum, being less by £125.
amount than that lately received by
Mr. Caldwell, and this diminution
arises from
the sum
now
paid
to
the Chinese Interpreter
after Mr. Caldwell's
resignation .
(Signed) W. Caine ...
Colonial Secretary.
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary.
J
4:15.
Civil
Aug 13 April 184
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Victoria, Hongkong,
25 January, 1848.
My Lord,
I regret to state that Mr. John Pope, Clerk of the Works and Civil Engineer in the Land Office, died on the 24 ultimo, leaving his responsible office to be filled up by the best selection I could make in the Colony.
Under these circumstances I was glad to obtain, pending the receipt of Your Majesty's pleasure, the services of George Strachan, whose ability as an architect and Civil Engineer has been proved by the erection of the Club House and other substantial buildings under his superintendence. It is proposed that his Salary will
The Right Honourable
The Earl Grey
etc.
etc.