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contract agreed for this Officer.
The salary is £300 per annum. An advance of £75, and a £100 might be given on appointment,
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Entered
L
A. Groom Ye
MINUTE
WR
Radit
1858
3
Elliot 9
Merivale
Fortescue #NaLabourshire
t.M.
738 Hong Kong.
Li
4 S758
ABB. I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you
in reply to your
former letter of the 29th ultimo,
that a Clerk on passage to Hong Kong has been appointed
Leaving Southampton
for you by the Mail Steamers
on the 20th July
and
the Agent General here
has been instructed to pay
you an advance of
Salary to the amount of
£100, to enable the
Clerk to procure
his outfit.
The Clerk's address is