and Clock of Deed Registry In the Surveyor General's office to its original amount of £300-
I am to request that you will state to their Lordships that, under the circumstances represented by Governor Bonham to Earl Grey, I would most respectfully recommend that the increased expenditure thus incurred should be sanctioned.
Entered
Your obedient Servant,
Bonham
MINUTE
MR Jervis
M Elliot
WR Merivale
Hawes
Earl Grey
1850
DECR
77
10.0
Khong Cong
219
18 Dec/50.
319.
There to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 236. of the 25. of September last, and to convey to you my approval of the employment of an additional Chinese Clerk in the Chief Magistrate's Office, and of the restoration of the Salary of the Accountant & Clerk of the Deed Registry to the original amount of £300 per annum during such time as the extra duties referred to by you shall continue to be performed by the