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the discharge of them constant and very great: he was out at night in open boats, in all the extreme climate, having, for four years, besides his duties as Assistant Harbour Master, sole charge of the water-police and the sun-rats of the colony. In 1845
he became acting Harbour Master,
Mr. Pedder having gone home for a year on sick leave. For this he received only £100 of Lieut. Pedder's half pay, in addition to his own pay of £300 a year. Everything in the colony was exorbitantly dear, so that the expenses of living were high.
In 1846 he became subject to constant attacks of rheumatic fever, & in 1847 was granted a year's leave on medical certificate. In February 1848 he returned much restored, and resumed his duties,
until on August of that year a very severe typhoon broke out. The Harbour Master was absent on short leave, and the responsibility rested on A. Lentaigne, who was exposed to the full fury of the typhoon during the whole of the night of Aug. 31 along the shore and in open boats. The whole of the job was to save life & property from the many wrecks that took place.
A severe rheumatic attack soon after attacked him, which lasted several months. He made several attempts at active duty, but the loss of the use of his limb made it impossible for him to do more than office work. In May 1849 he was sent to do duty as Colonial Agent Whampoa, at the most unhealthy season of the year, and
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