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I shall not remove Mr. J. H. Davis from office altogether; but this cannot be ascertained from the mutilated portion of a correspondence sent by Sir J. Davis; and therefore the matter had better be left where it is until we hear again from Mr. Bonham. I see no objection to the rest of the arrangement.

Many 26.

The Earl of Aberdeen,

30

Sir J. H. Davis,

8th March, 1848.

Victoria, Hong Kong,

Received No. 37.

Clerk to be allowed to Ms. Parker,

Reporting Salary and Fees,

Prosecution.

Bourne,

30

1038 Hong Kong.

36.

I have received,

Re: Governor,

23rd February,

the 11th of March.

Reporting that in addition to Mr. H. Turken, who had undertaken the duties of the Crown Prosecutor in the absence of the Attorney General in this Country, he had allowed him a fee of

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I shall not remove Mr. J. H. Davis from office altogether; but this cannot be ascertained from the mutilated portion of a correspondence sent by Sir J. Davis; and therefore the matter had better be left where it is until we hear again from Mr. Bonham. I see no objection to the rest of the arrangement.

Many 26.

The Earl of Aberdeen,

30

Sir J. H. Davis,

8th March, 1848.

Victoria, Hong Kong,

Received No. 37.

Clerk to be allowed to Ms. Parker,

Reporting Salary and Fees,

Prosecution.

Bourne,

30

1038 Hong Kong.

36.

I have received,

Re: Governor,

23rd February,

the 11th of March.

Reporting that in addition to Mr. H. Turken, who had undertaken the duties of the Crown Prosecutor in the absence of the Attorney General in this Country, he had allowed him a fee of

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