Date.
No.
1844
Previous Paper.
Hong Kong
No 3.089
(Subject.)
DESPATCH.
RECEIVES
16 MAR 1877
111
Applic of Mr. Austen. And = End! for certain unappropriated Staff Salary of that Office
Forwards with recommende
22.01.52
(Minutes.)
176~~H & S 2454
W. Meade.
Up to 1870 - the Consular accounts in China & Japan were audited by the Auditor General of Hongkong, and were debited £500 from Rupees 42970 from Colonial Funds: When this arrangement was discontinued, the late M. Rennie of both offices was pensioned on the abolition
He conducting paragraph.
Despatch No = 1 of 1 Jan – 1871 (107) will show that Mr Austin came to receive £250 additional, when the duties of the Auditor were attached to the Colonial Secretary.
Since that time the Civil List Ordinance has never been repealed & consequently £500 may be nominally laid to be still the salary of the Auditor.
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