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Under these circumstances I trust that Your Lordship will sanction the payment to Mr. Creagh of the allowance of $40 allowed formerly from the Special Fund to Mr. Wade, and not drawn since that gentleman's transfer to another Department.
Reen, Mr. Creagh, it will be refers to a verbal promise which he states that I made him, and though I cannot recall to my recollection having done so, it is possible that I have promised to give his case upon Your Lordship's favorable consideration. This hesitation in doing so, I have no I think that all voluntary efforts on the part of the Civil Servants of this Colony to master the Chinese language should be steadily encouraged; and in Mr. Creagh's case I believe he might be reasonably disappointed if when every inducement is held out to other members of the Police Force to improve themselves in