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to the proposals for relief/relieuchment which you have submitted to me as
They are under the Consideration of the Lord Commipuine/Commissioner of the Treasury,
but no time shall be lost in communicating their Lordship's decision Known to you when Made to me.
In the meantime an opportunity has presented itself of employing Mr. Napier, whose situation must at Hong Kong be abolished, and I shall instruct you to inform him within a time certain of the date of this despatch as soon as you may. I consider that he has had a sufficient interval allowed him to prepare for the relinquishment of his office and means of proceeding to his new destination. In the meantime he will continue in the discharge of the duties of his office at his present salary. I regret this reduction in his emoluments but I have no better situation to offer him on the abolition of that which he now holds.
I am glad to have it in my power to appoint him at once to the Civil Engineer Office in Western Australia. The Salary of that Office is £300 per annum, with forage allowance for a horse. Mr. Napier will be entitled to half salary from the date of his departure from Hong Kong, and you are authorized, if it should be necessary, to advance him such a sum of Money as will be
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