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house,
me,
n
for
than
more
Mon: ce anything long enjoyment of privilege which was latte
tea
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to withdrawn whenever
Govt wanted the premises
And this
happened in 1855, when
he occupied.
the Governor
Mild
to transp. the Harbour Master's Office from the
Building where it was established to a basement
In
the Supreme Court.
This proceeding occasioned
a remonstrance from Capt.
Watkins. It was based
upon
the ground that
he was entitled to the
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755
same treatment as
his
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437
Predecessor, succeeding as he
did to the same duties.
23 Jan/55. Lord J. Russell, then P.S.
for the Colonies considered that Capt. Watkins ought to have either a house or
an increase in salary;
but in his despatch he
qualified his dictum by asking the Gov
for his opinion whether the
arrangement
now made
in giving Capt Watkins ... The Gov = assigned him two rooms in lieu of the
two rooms when he removed his Office. The
question of row depending on the S. State's succession
"previous residence
"allowed him can
"Regarded as fairly
"carrying out the " understanding on wh... " he was appointed to this