of work, at the rate of remuneration usually granted for service of that nature; but I am to request that the Governor will be so good as to state distinctly, when submitting expenditure incurred for the public service, always to state the amount.
Jan 4 1881
Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
J. R. Roger
Acting Govt. Secretary
re: the affair of defalcations
of a temporary clerk on a salary of $400 a year.
and in which it appears that the $400 was duly paid to F. H. Fleming of Flett, Ferguson & Co.
Sent to hear from J & Roper,
No.93.
Treas Hong Kong
6542
Officer Administering Government of Hong Kong.
12 July 1881
With reference to your despatch No. 369 of the 24th of April last, I have to convey to you my approval of the appointment of Mr. Guttery to be temporary clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office, Hong Kong, in consequence of the increase of work in that Dept.
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