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who is not necessarily the Colonial Surgeon,
Dr Murray
was also allowed the privilege of exercising his profession as consulting Surgeon,
and was
given permission to attend privately
any of the Heads of the Colonial Departments who might choose to employ him.
10. The Emoluments of the Office raised to at least between £1,000 and £1,100
a year,
which was
considerably in excess of the salary prescribed by the Secretary of State
and accepted at home by Dr Murray,
and far more than the amount paid to other Heads of Departments of higher rank and importance in the Colonial Service,
as for instance the Treasurer who receives but £800, the Surveyor General £800,
the Auditor General £600, the Chief Magistrate £1000, the Post Master General £800, and the Colonial Chaplain £700.
11. Notwithstanding an arrangement so much more favorable to Dr Murray than he had any right to expect,
he was dissatisfied with his position, and frequently urged upon me after my arrival the hardship of the restriction as to private practice;
representing that he was unable to live upon his official income, that he was a large portion of his time idle, that he never expected when he accepted the appointment that he would really have been precluded from private practice,
and that he was so large a loser by the arrangement that in a ...