where the expenses of living
quæsin;
Act
.ex.
but should it still be considered
ed advisable to deprive
of
privilege which, together with other pro-
fessional Gentlemen I have enjoyed for the last twelve years, I
may be permitted to hope that an increase
in my Salary will be granted.
I beg leave & apology for intending your attention to this lengthy statement, and to request your kind attention.
Or
If any Application should go
I claim to consideration as just our
Share the honor to be
Your obedient Servant,
pp. Meniale.
See the different views entertained
on this point in the Minutes
No Ball
on 9350.
Surveyor Casual.
I have the misfortune to differ from a good many official
authorities, of more experience than
myself, on this head.
Bearing in mind all risk of error, I
deliver my judgment,
Device would be much better done than it is
by a liberal ...
in dulgerne
in this particular.
243
This however was Lord Palmerston's decision,
and
I am not aware of any special
reasons contained in this letter which
are of sufficient weight to overrule it.
Hon June 13
In Labouchere
The question here raised for decision is certainly
one
of some difficulty, but on the whole I retain my opinion in favor
of the stricter course. According
to this Gentleman's own account, his duties are of a difficult, dangerous, & arduous nature & he receives for their performance £800 a year. I am disposed to think that the practical effect of allowing him to engage in private practice must be in the first place to interfere with the active discharge
of
his duties, and at the same time
to exclude from the field of competition those who would otherwise be employed in the Colony & progression in their place
in Hong Kong, and limit the