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I have done
duties
Dutiesitionally pay.
best to perform my duties with zeal and fidelity as testified
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell K.C.B., then Governor of Hongkong, in the enclosed Copy of Cso. No. 1068 of 1872, and subsequently elaborated by the then Acting Colonial Secretary, Honorable Charles Clementi Smith, at a meeting of the Legislative Council, held
24th April, 1872 extract of
the
which is
is enclosed
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I humbly beg leave to add that I was transferred from the Post office to this Department on the 14th February 1865, and Mr
Mitchell, the late Postmaster General, just before his retirement from the Public Service of the Colony, asked me about my prospects and salary in the Office.
I told him what was my salary, and he remarked that if I had not left the Post office, that I would be better off
As regards my pay, pointing out that Mr Rocha, being a junior officer to me (and who did not get into the Out office when I left that Appointment), was receiving a salary of £350. Fearing that I would not be promoted
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