That

Complaints concening Presonus

Jail

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Police; To Supervise

constant and unsmithing as to interfere

could only be properly and conserentiously discharged by with clary brandh of the Epartment, a responsibility which

the due and efficient discharge of all Cuties connected necessace's were of the prope quality, in short to be responsity for thuessanes, and see, when required, that such containing nearly 300. Promers: To sign all ordus

and Audit all accounts connected with the Establishment

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attention so

Memorialist begs love inspectfully

public duties imposed upon your Memorcalist exceedingly with the dice discharge of the Smeral other

Your

intercourse with him extremely difficult and almost Morning General for Hong Kong, renduring all official Offensive demeanour of Mr. Ausky. Her Majesty's then by the circumstance of : the overbearing and exceedingly position great as they were, were considerably aggravates to represent that the difficulties of your Memoratists

impracticable

the

That in addition to the circumstanced heretofore

More

one occasion took opportunities of representing_ then he had been led to caluclate upon, and or more Rent and living in the Colony to be very greatly Stated. You Muncuialist found the Eexpense of House

Mean

Mr. Mercer, asking for the provision of. the difficulties attending his position to the Coloncal

Secretary

ar

Mr Mercer stated could not be complied with. Office wherein to conduct public business, which application.

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That Your Memorialist, notwithstanding such refusal, indeavoured for some time to contend against the difficulties in which he was placed, until finding such growing

he subsequently

took Occasion to represent, with muricated

greater

solicitation, to His Excellency Sir John Bowring, the impossibilty

of any longer continuing to discharge his duties or support himself.

That His Covellency Six. John Bowering expressed

his desire to have your Memorialist state his requirements. by Letter addussed to the Colonial Secretary, which letter (M.). Appraded hereto ) Your Memorialist prepareds

do

onerous;

and

forwarded at the earliest moment he was permitted so to

oby a temporary cessation of destes

2 growing daily more That to such Letter His Excellency replied.

personally by expressing his reguet at being

in

any respect with

your

unable to comply Mennialistes Application, or to afford him any relief from the difficulties of his position ; the tendancy of ott is Excellimay's obsuvations being - to discourage any hope of the Home Goverments Sanctioning any increase of Salary. "

or alturation of duties

That ndwithstanding the want of Seccess

Memorialist's aforesaid applications to Si

attending your

Joke Bowring

and Mr Mreer, Your Memoriat it was still most reluctant to resign the saturation to which you

pleased to appoint him, and endeavoured for

were

time

to contend against the difficuthers created by the excess

of Quetas, and the witter inadequacy of his salary to

meet

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