"understanding that the officer should not engage
"private practice. Sir E. B. Lytton regretted, therefore,
that he was unable to remove this restriction." -
"although his appointments had not then been
"gazetted or officially communicated to him, that
he became aware of the restriction against private
practice; and even then he had reason to believe
"that the restriction was little more than nominal."_
6. Nothing, therefore, could possibly be more
distinct and positive than the announcements made to Dr Murray from Your Grace's Department as to the Emoluments and restrictions
attached to the office; and as they were communicated
to him in the letter replying to his application for
the appointment, and were subsequently reiterated
after a remonstrance from him, I have perused with surprise the concluding statements in
the letter forwarded herewith, that it was not until
Sir E. B. Lytton had notified his appointment to him, and he had made all necessary preparations for proceeding to Hong Kong,
30th June 1860
Inclosed
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Dr Murray having accepted the appointment arrived in the Colony in April 1859. But he was accompanied only by a letter from the Secretary of State covering Her Majesty's Warrant of appointment to Sir J. Bowring, No. 23 of 23 Dec. 1858.
And the Local Government were accordingly neither aware of the views of the Secretary of State as to the changes recommended by Sir J. Bowring in his Dispatch of 23 September 1858, nor of the distinct understanding come to with Dr Murray at home, until the following August when Sir E. B. Lytton's Dispatch was received.