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Law Officers
Fored
annum
Molone
of £ 2.000 per faine is a military man
Some 35 years
when
he was
he
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year standing. was taked from his Regiment
in China during the War. on account of his peculiar qualifications for Civil Office.
first appointed Chief- Magistrate, and afterwards protnoted from that Office by Lord Stanley's Orders to that of Jolonial Secretary
on that
Honth Mr. Bence in 1847 Office being vacated by the Polary of £1800 per annum
again fromoted
and he is now
on a
to be Lient Governor of the Colony with an additional £200.
Sir George Grey will be aware I speak from experience, and
character is not unknown
at the fotonial Office and upon
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the faith of both, I consider it
only my duly at once to day
per annum is
that £ 2000
insufficient for the Office, in order to enable the lien Governor to shew that deant hospitality to the inhabitants of the Colony and to Foreigners in particular
absolutely requisite
that is
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in the head of the Government. I would observe that I suspect. the importance of Slongtong is Burkharting not clearly understood for the past two years there has been
Heet of
United States'
а
+
large Ships of War in the harbour_ the Captains of whom are allowed a certain annual Sum for public entertainments - besides these Vessels, there is always a small French Heet, and at times Ships of was