to retire on a pension,
which would be the
best solution of
difficulty: But I do
not think this out to
be forced or pressed
upon him.
St. M. Jan
4/56
It has passed through the War
Office with no change in
arrangements.
Their
Managing Clerk,
Barry 13th 1856.
Down to W. Labouchere:-
Printed
279.
I do not see how it is possible
that the Permanent Secretary of
the Admiralty under present civ.
£1000.
a year
for his own salary. Under the late arrangement the estimates in question stood thus:-
Governor of Hong Kong, £
Colonial Estimate 3000
Superintendant of Police,
on the Colonial Estimate 1800
£ 4,800
By the new arrangements they
stand
Governor of Hong Kong, £
on Colonial Estimate 4000
Superintendant of Police
on Colonial Estimate 2250
£ 1,200
£7,450
An financial reform therefore resulting