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reasmable. It has been the
meano,
however, of creating unpleasant disruption between the Medical Department and
the Audit
Offices,
and, what is more
important, indirectly by affecting in a
se
large degree the officer without
the salary of a Public
army
control
part of the Executive.
4.
m
The
annexed Memo. shows the blame No.2
The amount of fees, which have been paid
to Mr. Young since February 1870.
Similar fees, though of less amount, have
been received by the Colonial Surgeon,
and I seize
the appointment of a Successor to Dr.
Murray
to advise that
a clear understanding on this question of fees
may if possible be come to before
the Colony
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have to
arrives in
253
In reference to Mr. Young, I
suggest
to Your Lordship the
propriety of increasing
his salary to
£500 per annum, which
was
enjoyed
by his Predecessor, and which, I find,
would have been recommended by Sir
Richard MacDonnell had he stayed
longer in Hongkong, as will be seen
by the Minute on Young's application. But, with Your Lordship's approval, I would not lay the vote before the Legislative Council until it had been agreed that the increase of salary
was
to be taken in lieu
of all fees, no matter
from what