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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