Bongting 1:309.
7th June 1869
Governor
To Richard Graves MacDonnell, CMG
His Excellency
The Chief of Berkshire &c &c
Mr James Russell.
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Civil Service Cadet - Reports allowance of £49 to enable him to proceed to Foochow on sick leave.
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strong one; and discretionary favors
of
were
these
allowable,
something might be said for indulgencer to the young man
in the present despatch. But Mr. Cox touches the real difficulty - Where is such a practice to end? Private employers have
the advantage of being able to give extra rewards when and how they please. I know that it is liberally done in many private Establishments; and I doubt not that both parties feel
the benefit.
But the public service
is different, and where there would be so many dispensers of favors funds not their
own,
there would be no security against waste, and partiality
in some cases and
against rigidity and harshness in others. The practice therefore
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