Hongkong, does not go far towards justifying, the proceeding of the late Governor in directing the issue of Treasury funds from the Foreign Chest, before the commencement of the Works, and without obtaining authority from the Secretary of State for the amount of the grant of £4000, which was certainly voted by Parliament towards the erection of a Gaol and Hospital.
As however the erection of these institutions has now made considerable progress, their Lordships are disposed to acquiesce in the fact of the Employment of the Funds voted, towards the object for which they were intended.
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
G. Arbuthnot
Mr Elliot
Please acquaint the Governor with the opinion & decision here expressed?
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RECEIVED
5 JAN 1860.
Chambers.
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Treasury
4th January 1860
With reference to your letter of the 22nd Ultimo, Enclosing a copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Hongkong, reporting that he has reverted to the arrangement which had previously existed, under which the Attorney General of that Colony received a Salary of £1000 per annum, with permission to engage in private practice, from which he was excluded under the scheme of remuneration sanctioned by the latter from this Department:
Merwale Esqt