the effect of climate, from which they
have not the means
of escape.
Without desiring
desiring to draw
aw any between the deffercat
invidious comparisons between the
services
7 of the Crown,
as now
existing
in See Note
at foot.
this Colony, and particularly not seeking
to make
my
own a
Special case,
I would
Regu
nevertheless beg leave to mention a lation in force in the Colonial Post. Office. I instance this as being the
most favorable of any, which provides for all the Clerks
5 going
home in rotation
once in a certain number of;
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this
the Home Government, with the view of obtaining some amelioration stringent regulation, which presses with such unhappy and baneful effects upon the subordinate officers of the Govern ment of Hongkong.
I have, zer
(
Ligned, &. Morgan,
Clerk to the Auditor General, and a
Registrar of Marriages. ( Frue Copy Copy
years: during
ጉ
their absence, not only
are)
they all
allowed fall
Salary,
the
but each receives £. 100 towards
capense of his passage.
taking the liberty of bringing
In taking
this question before the Governor, I do so
be
in the hope that His Excellency may pleased, with his accustomed kindness and consideration, to lay the
same)
before
Colonial
Secretary
(
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