which Mr Napier left this Country
(mesutry until the aforeseed his duties in Hong
I am to request that you will state to the
Lord Commissioners that, this forente, Me
M
leaving Napier was provided the half salary of his situation,
under the
Lord Grey being persuaded that Sir Henry Pottinger had observed the Colonial Regulations which prescribe that when a
Gentleman is appointed provisionally to a situation
he is not entitled, except
under peculiar circumstances,
to more
than one
half
& the Salary of the office
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which he is filling, and that
therefore the moiety drawn by Mr. Strahon afforded
by
the means of indemnifying
Mr. Napier in some degree
for the expense of his voyage
to Hong Kong. It appears
however that though Dr
Stephen Davis was promptly informed that the Appointment he had made would not be confirmed Mr. Shishan was permitted to draw full Salary, and that in consequence the terms of the way and Madeley, the then Govt. Secretary, on being
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