of $1500 per annum, and acting for him when he can take up the appointment.
Ito Excellency desires me to request you to draw the attention of His Excellency the Governor of the Straits Settlements to the subjoined Extract from the Secretary of State's despatch, Hong Kong No. 58, 21st June 1875, on the necessity of adhering to the prescribed course with respect to appointments from one Colony to another.
Th Ave &c.
(Signed) Frederick Elwuard,
Acting Colonial Secretary
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Extract from Despatch No. 58 of 21st June 1875, from The Earl of Carnarvon to the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong.
"I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your dispatches No. 21 of the 30th March and 30 of the 12th April, relative to the appointment of Captain de Teurn to the Office of Assistant Harbour Master. It was with some surprise that I learnt that this arrangement had been made between Sir Arthur Kennedy and Sir A. Clarke, and it is only with reluctance that I am prepared to sanction it. It is
irregular that a Governor of one Colony should offer employment to the servant of another