to the point that the fired yearly salary of Superintendent of Police is £500, and that the services of Interpreter in Chinese, Hindoostani, and Malay, may
be considered as a
A reason
sufficient
for my asking for the additional
£250.
services under
ito
It is scarcely necessary request that His Excellency will take into consideration my former
Her Majesty's Government, especially in the aid my peculiar knowledge afforded towards the suppression of piracy on the coasts of China.
I have th
(Signed) 2. R. Coldwell
(True Copy)
Miluum
Colonial Secretary
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Schedule of Despatches transmitted by the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Mail Steamer 'Vorna' via Southampton.
Date of Despatch.
Subject of Despatch.
Duplicates
Date No. of Despatch. Subject of Despatch. Duplicates 30 June 1856 63 175 April 1856. Submitting Draft Ordinance relating to Gaming Houses 61118. 65 Submitting for confirmation Ordinance No. 8 of 1856 for Buildings and Nuisances : 6247 Recommending the liberation of the convict Lee-absow, now in "jail under sentence of Transportation for life 47.. Fueli 1 66 "May Acknowledging receipt of Despatches to No. 36 of March 186,7%, none 68 Confidential. Submitting for approval Reports and Estimates Nov 14 and 27 of 1855, for the erection of a Central Police station, and a Police Station at West Point Reporting Mr. Mcleverty's confirmation in the office of Registrar of the Supreme Court, and Mr. Masson's provisional appointment to that of Deputy Registrar. Submitting Draft Ordinance on the subject of Contagious Disease in the Colony. Replying to despatch Confidential of 21 January, respecting the measure adopted by the Governor in placing the office of Chief Justice in Commission.Page 272