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the Service of the Colony since the last January 1843, and during the last three years has drawn Salary at the rate of three hundred and thirty-six dollars, £70.0.0 per annum.
1/25/60 this of which would annum. £29.3.4 to allow of any deduction from them I have the honor to be, My Lord Duke, Your Grace's Most Obedient Servant,
Amount to £140.00 per annum.
In recommending this application to Your Grace's favorable consideration, I deem it right to observe that Ng Foong Shan has never been under Superannuation abatements. I do not know why, but it appears to have been the rule with regard to all the Chinese Government Employés.
It may have been that their salaries were considered too small