Reduced salary of £600
per annum, he is entitled
to full pay at that rate
from the post of February
1831.
The restriction to
half salary - which is
mentioned in the quarterly return of changes in
the holders of Offices in Hong Kong - was probably imposed pending the reference to England of Mr Mitchell's
case.
Mr Holdforth in the
Office of Sheriff.
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4542. Hong Kong
Treasury Chambers
16th May
MAY 18
1265
With reference to
your letter of the 20th July 1852
on the subject of
a claim preferred by the Government
of Prince of Wales Island against the Government of Hong Kong; I am directed by The Lords Commissioners
of Her Majesty's Treasury to transmit
to you a copy of a
letter from the
East India Company, for the
information of the Governor and Council.
East India House,
16th May 1852
To the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury,
My Lords,
We have received your Lordships' letter of the 12th instant,
requesting our observations on the claim...