of
trade shall have passed by the
Ly. Commilee of Hong Kong
No long
ar
The Govr.
of H.K. shall be
also Superintendent
2
Trade in China.
Sir John Davis
who first held these offices received from
This Country £6000
as Supt. per annum
of have under
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Foreign Office, and as Governor of Hong Kong.
under this Office : but
The whole was
placed
on
the Parliamentary Estimate for Hong Kong.
The salary of the Colonial Secretary (Major Caine) was fixed at
£1,800 per annum.
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l
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fact all the Hong Kong
salaries were extremely
high, owing to very exaggerated
notions of the importance
of the Colony having then
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