No 3.4 $1848.
Inclosure. N. 2. in Sept:
Letter
as to his financial
Mr. Caldwell's explanation
endent May, verifying from Mr. Super =
difficultées. th
19
the frames
1848.
Copy
Sir,
m 16.
RECEIVED
AUG 26
Victoria, Hong Kong
19th June,
1848. 330
Having been called upon by
you for a statement explaining the circumstances which compelled
me to
resign
the situation as Interpreter,
to the Police Court and
Superintendent of
my
1847, and
Assistant
Police in November
subsequently taking
the benefit of the Insolvent Act, I
beg
to state that in
September 1845,
I was appointed Interpreter of the
Supreme Court in addition to appointment as Interpreter Police Court, the conjoint salary
being
£712
12 per
Annum. These
situations I held until March 1846
when Lieut: Wade
Charles May, Esq.
Superintendent of Police
appointed