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COLONIAL ESTIMATES. -HONGKONG.

No. 18. SPECIAL EXPENSES.

Distressed British Seamen, &c.,

SALARIES:

Secretary and Registrar,

Chinese Secretary,

First Assistant,

Second Assistant, ...

Third Assistant,

Assistant Chinese Secretary,

No. 19-SUPERINTENDENT OF TRADE.

Supernumerary Interpreter,

One Chinese Clerk,

Three Chinese do. @ £37 10s. each,

One Waterman,

Four Messengers @ £15 each,

Four Chair-bearers @ £15 each,...

Burial-ground keeper at Macao

£ s. d. £ s. d. 1,500 0 0 33 5 5 1,200 0 0 57 0 0 472 10 0 324 0 0 22 35 0 270 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 112 10 0 15 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 55 2 0 12 10 0 4,166 10 0 460 0 0

ALLOWANCES:

To the Family of the late Comprador Poo-ting-pong, who was engaged to accompany H. M.'s joint Plenipotentiaries to the Northward in 1840, and who was kidnapped from Chusan, and put to death at Chinhae

CONTINGENCIES:

Printing, Newspapers, and Advertising,

Postage,

Stationery,

Office Furniture,

Incidental Expenses

£ s. d. 37 10 0 37 10 0 200 0 0 112 10 0 22 0 0 20 0 0 27 0 0 170 0 0 502 0 0 77 0 0 5,166 13 13

Canton Consulate,

do....

Amoy

Foochow foo, do.

Ningpo,

do.

Shanghae, do.

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COLONIAL ESTIMATES — HONGKONG.

No. 20.-CONSULAR SERVICES.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 5,600 3 3 4,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 5,500 0 0 21,100 3 3

REMARKS.

The above Estimate does not include any amount that may be required for the CONSULAR BUILDINGS at Shanghae; nor does it include £600 COMPENSATION payable in England, viz :-for Mr E. Elmslie, late Secretary and Treasurer in the Superintendency, £200; and for Dr Colledge, late Surgeon at Canton, £400,

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