I approve of
the
Mr Mitchell's
appointment of
(who, you inform
me
in your despatch No. 129 of
the
19th of April
has
recently passed with credit
his final examination in
Chinese) to be Assistant
Registrar General.
I do not wish to take exception to
the salary
proposed ($324)
which it is
proposed to
give
him
as not unreasonable and
I do not take exception to the amount;
and I am glad
to note that you speak in high terms
of him.
MINUTE.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Sir R. Herbert.
Mr. Ashley
Lord Derby.
It does not appear
that
any regard
has been had in
settling the pay of this post to the desirability of classifying the salaries of
the
higher appointments with
a view to
producing some degree of
uniformity,
a point to which I
drew your
attention in
my despatch No.155 of
the 3rd of August last,
and I shall be glad
if you
can make some
suggestion for modifying it
in
this direction.
I approve of
the