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the late Administrator of the Government, in which he explains the present unsatisfactory condition of the Office of the Colonial Secretary, and urges that it should be strengthened by the appointment as Assistant Colonial Secretary, of the passed Cadet, (Mr. Stewart Lockhart), at an annual salary of 3360 dollars, equivalent to about six hundred pounds, (£600) in English money.
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I agree with the arguments and views of Mr. Marsh, and they are also entirely confirmed by the Executive Council. Mr. Lockhart is a gentleman of good birth and education, of considerable ability, and of marked aptitude for public business. He has made himself a good Chinese Scholar; and, as a passed cadet, he has a preferential claim to fill the higher posts in the Civil Service of this Colony.
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Owing to the constant pressure of his duties as Colonial Secretary and Auditor-General, Mr. Marsh is able to render but little assistance to the Governor in his correspondence with the Secretary of State