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Captain Wathen was
Appointed Harbour Master of
Hong Kong,
and Marine
Magistrate in 1854
He was recommended to the
post by Sir
Date of Newcastle, on the
I. Graham, for the place.
as a good man.
His Predecessor Lieut. Pedder
was permitted by the then Governor Sir J. Davis to
live in a house or rooms
rent free.
"This permission was in direct
violation of an instruction
from this Office in /43 and /44
that no
public Officers
except the Governor should
have a
residence allowed
them. It was,