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act as a boon to a difficult Department.
8.
some
be
I therefore trust that suitable employment may be found for him. In the meantime
1
I shall be glad to receive your
Brother's distinctions, is to filling the office of Superintendent. Mr. Deane, who is at present acting,
has evinced much
energy
and
capacity, whilst his knowledge of
Chinese gives
him advantages
which Mr. Quin did not possess. -
I would suggest that Mr. Deane has been acting for a year, so as to allow a fuller
test of his fitness for the Post, he should then be confirmed, if there be at that date no reason
to the contrary._ Mr. Quin has been allowed, though off the duty for many months to draw full Salary, and will continue to do so till his embarkation..
10.
Mr. Deane therefore has hitherto had nothing but his
Salary as Interpreter. (£400 per
annum;
and
may
be almost
regarded as hitherto discharging gratuitously the duties of Superintendent. On Mr. Quin's departure he will however draw