And I have to remind you that you are not at liberty to make other than provisional appointments when vacancies recur in the Colonial situations at Hong Kong, the emoluments of which exceed £400 per annum.
Referring to the proposals I have lately had under my consideration from yourself and the Governor with respect to the appointment of Interpreters, I observe that as M. Grand is represented by yourself as having, out of a slight colloquial acquaintance with the Chinese language, would appear to be a secondary situation, then for that of Chief Interpreter. As you have already stated, I shall not interfere with the exercise of your discretion in this case, and shall accordingly transmit to you a Warrant
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Reordering and re-paragraphing the text for better readability and correcting minor OCR errors:Despatch and its enclosure dated the 23rd instant on the subject of appointment to Public Offices in the Colonies, from which you will remark that you are not at liberty to make other than provisional appointments when vacancies recur in the Colonial situations at Hong Kong, the emoluments of which exceed £400 per annum.
Referring to the proposals I have lately had under my consideration from yourself and the Governor with respect to the appointment of Interpreters, I observe that M. Grand is represented by yourself as having, out of a slight colloquial acquaintance with the Chinese language, would appear to be fit for a secondary situation, rather than that of Chief Interpreter.
As you have already stated, I shall not interfere with the exercise of your discretion in this case, and shall accordingly transmit to you a Warrant.
Removing non-English and nonsensical text resulted from OCR errors, and correcting minor errors for better readability. Output in HTML as requested:Despatch and its enclosure dated the 23rd instant on the subject of appointment to Public Offices in the Colonies, from which you will remark that you are not at liberty to make other than provisional appointments when vacancies recur in the Colonial situations at Hong Kong, the emoluments of which exceed £400 per annum.
Referring to the proposals I have lately had under my consideration from yourself and the Governor with respect to the appointment of Interpreters, I observe that M. Grand is represented by yourself as having, out of a slight colloquial acquaintance with the Chinese language, would appear to be fit for a secondary situation, rather than that of Chief Interpreter.
As you have already stated, I shall not interfere with the exercise of your discretion in this case, and shall accordingly transmit to you a Warrant.