The great administrative Capacity, and he does not require to be a financialist, or a profound purist "but he should have a fair Knowledge of Law, and an average amount of Common sense, with ...
544 I fully admit the correction of Mr Davies' remarks in his note to Is Mitchell that the pay is inadequate, but to increase it would be to necessitate a general revision of Salaries. above all a character that raises him above suspicion and him general respect. such an one ensures be sought at home among the members of the Bar, I conceive that this Government would be materially strengthened, whereas so far as selection on the spot, the Government will be decidedly weakened.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hong Kong, 18 April 1859