(A. 18.)
Enclosure
PARTICULARS of the Office now vacant at the Harker Master in the Colony of Hongkong.
1. Duties of office, and qualifications required for their performance.
2. Salary and emoluments, and whether secured by a permanent law.
3. Other circumstances affecting the value of the office.
H. Nature, number, and amount of securities required, and mode of giving them. Whether any, and if any, what provision is made from public funds for the passage from this country, or elsewhere, of the persons sent out to fill the office.
Acts or Ordinances making provision respecting any of the above matters, and especially respecting the permanency of the emoluments, and the particulars of the security required, with references to the sections in which such provision is made.
Registrar, Harbour Master.
RECP
C.O.
4819
TEKAR 84
To assist the Harbour Master in his several duties of Harbour Master, marine magistrate, Emigration and Customs officer, and to undertake the whole of these duties during the Harbour Master's absence.
A naval Officer under 40 years of age could best perform these duties.
$1,920.
Salary as Collector of Light dues. 5/6/2" to about £445-Stg.
$2,400, equal to about £480-Stg.
Fee of $5 for each examination of masters & mates, mercantile marine. Average $255 annually.
Himself and two Sureties jointly and severally bound.
Entitled to free passage from England.
Hongkong, 14 February 1864.
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