N 140 of 1864.
Inclosure No 2 in Despatch
Mr. Ball.
Extract of note from
19th September 1864.
3740
by
234
Extract of a note from
a note from Am Frith,
Colonial Treasurer, to Sir Hercules
Robinson, dated 12th September, 1864.
"
"I shall attend the meeting of the
Council tomorrow but however much I
might feel inclined to meet
benevolent views in
Your Excellency's
regard of a pension
being granted to the Lord Bishop of Hong Kong
I must conscientiously say
that I do not
consider Dr. Smith in
any way
entitled to
His
the Pension he is applying for.
His Lordship
is not a Public Servant of this Colony, His Lordship is neither
Mentally nor
physically incapacitated
from the discharge of any his clerical