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been able to support yourself in this expensive place in the most Exonomical scale of living, and from the fact of no clecks or
assistants being allowed you. it would be morally impossible fo you thave continued your duties, especially during the heat рут of the summer months, even of your health had continued Whist ; Efeel also confident that not a cent less than to 600 pe ann. would have cuabled you to support your position with comfort and anything like ease & gouself. I have been a resident here for Eleven years and speak from Experience as to the expenses of living. Wishing you a favourable toyage bom native land and Every success to the future,
S.S. Heckson M
ital Steam Packed My Deansin
at At Kong.
spany W. Hickson
Bebeit me bremain.
My Dear Lin
most suicenty ynus.
wm Gaskell
Stong Rong. Jebry 10 1857.
Staving been in practice in this Colony in my present persession of a Erbiciter and Notary Public for about four years,
I. am well acquainted with the prices of Kent & pervisions, and have no hesitation in saying that they are keenly, if not quile; three times those of home prices; To support you here your falans is
too
manny
etterly madequate, and as for ottaining private practice, the Rofession and the Colony thought there were Lawyers in the business before you anival; Besides from my kumwledge and observation of the duties of the Offices to which you were ap: : pointed Seamust see what time could have spared toward if we, who had preceded you, had not
pivate practice even
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custice at in Consider
Yong ling, 4th.
leupe practice.
Gaskell, a Sol
Letter from
My Dem Sie.
Hong Kong. Febr. 111. 1857.
recessity for your resigning the offices of (rown
I believe there can be but one opinion as to the
Sherish, Coroner de,
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Colicitor
- Deputy
That unless you
choose bran into debt.
no other couse was left open 6 you; The Salary allowed was
quite out of the question and
your
duties to numeros.
here of between ten and Eleven
leave you us time to attend to private practice ; my Uesidence
Colony
yeau
has thean me that the
future than has attended your visit here
a pleasant passage home and for different success for the
(no small items) entirely out of the question: Wishing you
gomself upon in this place, leaving Office tent and Clecks
perfrum ; Sconsider £300 a year too little fagon to maintaine to express an opinion of the amount of official duty you had to
is a most expensive one, and my persession enabler me
S. J. Hickson
Hickson Ey
Victoria :
My dear Lic.
me
Zrus very Evely
Believe
A. J. Sarrant.
Sing King. 17. Jehuary 1857.
Fraternity in this Colony, However I dincenty
I exceedingly repet that we are to come to lose you
from amongst oxir Fraternity
in avery different manner to what,
trust the change will opecate for your welfare and fitive propert
advent-huehan
og caliclonely some of theme, Same certain que would not have
you from the several liberating which were crowded upon you.
out. With the Salary and such Emoluments as might to what your advent here has turned
been
sy
well