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.

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