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the date at which his Imperial allowance of £200 per annum closed, as per the grd of last May.
Mr Ellist
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Sir R. MacDonnell is not happy
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I have the honour to be
Your Lordships
Most obedient servant,
Graves Macdonnell
Governor.
the tone which he adopts in his despatch.
One would imagine from this despatch that Mr Wilson had suffered injustice at the hands of this Dept & the FO. & Still I Evidently thinks so -
If however he had referred to the despatches from this Dept of Dec he would have seen that the fault lies with the authorities in the Colony.
Mr Wilson was appointed on the 20 Dec 2 days afterwards
53128/65.
a despatch 11/682/65 was written to say that the £200 a year paid to W. by the F.O. to the Govt would be stopped —
The Acting Govr ought to have Communicated the 2 despatches (as was intended) to Wilson at the same moment
Then this grievance could never have arisen
On the other hand I agree with Mr Mercer, Lord Macdonnell, & differ from Mr Mercer, in thinking that the Surveyor General might have an allowance for House or Chinese Coolies, his position in the service is not analogous to that of any other Officer, and the concession would not form a precedent
I do not see how he is to oversee works 5 miles from the City without some allowance of that sort.
The Treasury might be asked to sanction $40 a month - but from what date? I suggest from the 1 Jan on which the works at Pokfulam are commenced & not from the 3rd May covering the four months.
In answering make it quite clear where the fault rests.
The O.H.,
W.R. Oct 21/10
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(Same mail which referred to one appointing him.)
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