No 40.
Civil.
My Lord,
to Treas: 5 Juneque (Inc. in mig)
For. 8 Aug/48
N4
Copy
877
At the
1041. 14. Kongs
250
RECEIVED
MW24 1848
Victoria, Hongkong,
13th March, 1848.
same time that the several reductions of Salaries already effected, or prospectively recommended by me, are a proof of my desire to bring the Expenditure of the Colony within due bounds, it is equally imperative on me to attend to the just claims of deserving individuals. My attention has long been directed to the steady and indefatigable exertions of Mr Runnacker, in the Treasury Department, upon a Salary of £270 per annum, barely sufficient in this place to live upon respectably, and I have accordingly to request Your Lordship's sanction to his receiving from the end of this quarter a small augmentation of £30 a year, making his
The Right Honorable
The Earl Grey,
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