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I March's appointment I find Sir
Michael Hicks Beach thus wrote on the 17th of December 1878:-
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"I have the hour to inform you
that I have appointed to. W. IX. dearch
Auditor General of Mauritius to be
Colonial Secutary and Auditor General
of Hong Kong
have
the Salary fined by the of Kimberley in his despatch
- 1 1/1 of the 11th September 1871 namely
$7,200 per Aunum.
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Lord Kimberley's decision
the question of amalgamating the tion
Affices and on
count of Salery
the amount
evidently not
given
the whole subject
without
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ou
was
considering
in all its bearings -
Writing to Lieutenant Governa Whitfeild
in despatch N. 57 of the 16th of September 1870 His Lordship said: _
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After considering
the
Correspondence
which has passed on the subject, and after consultation with Sir Richard Macdonnell,
"I have arrived at the conclusion that the
Offices of Colonial Secutors and Auditor General
may be amalgamated without detriment to the Public Service, and that the joint
duties can be efficiently performed by Mr
Austin the
Colonial Secretary who is
present Colonial
at this moment acting as Auditor."
5.
de the correspondence to which
Lord Kimberley refers I find the following
passages –