are desirous of more watchmen being employed for the special charge of these stores, the Superintendent of Police has directions to procure additional Watchmen, on understanding that they
are to be paid
by the Naval Department, as I am led
to believe that four
Watchmen
I Now are.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) S. G. Bonham
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"Cambrian" at Hongkong, September 5th, 1848.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's letter of yesterday, in the first part of which it is satisfactory to find that it has been made apparent to your Excellency by the Superintendent
of Police that the force employed at the Stores is perfectly adequate to the object in view; and this judgment, I trust the Superintendent of Police may prove to be correct...
in this
With reference to your Excellency's observation relative to the Colonial Expenses, I would beg to say that my application referred only to a continuance of a proportion at least, however small, of Her Majesty's
His Excellency,
S. G. Bonham, Esq., C.B.,
&c. &c.
&c.
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