4

house,

me,

n

for

than

more

Mon: ce anything long enjoyment of privilege which was latte

tea

2

to withdrawn whenever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

5263. Gov. 755

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

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