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although her dinne
is not strictly entitled to the payment of his passages from Antique to Hong Kong out of public funds, it is to be remembered that the expense of living im the latter Colony is sa excessive that the salary of & you which her dain
will there receive is not more than equal to Esor per annum in most other
Colonies.
I am also to point
out that there are peculiar circumstances
connects with the present
Case.
hur Lum has
been recommended for
Johaly
the appointment on account of his previous
services, in Chimes, and
consequence of
in
Mis
in the person of tilt. Roberson
peculiar fitness for
Vacant
office
the
He has
accordingly been invited to aband._ his present
employment in the W. Indies to assume
post in a
С
distant colony,
and in one, to which
the myoges
are necessaril
exceedingly expensive.
If then, added to the
cost of the removal of his family from
Antigua to Hong Kong,