CO129-245 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [5-7]

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18.)

PARTICULARS of the Office now vacant at the Colony of Hongkong.

Duties of office, and qualifications required for their performance.

Salary and emoluments, and whether secured by a permanent law.

Other circumstances affecting the value of the office.

Nature, number, and amount of securities required, and mode of giving them.

Post Office... 16669 DIRECT Postmaster General RE 25 AUG 90

Control of the postal arrangements of the Colony, and the receipt of mails and their transmission to and from China and Japan Sub-offices. And, 10 of 1887. Qualifications Highest character, local knowledge desirable.

(a) 2100 Funds. year from Imperial. (b) $3840 a year from Colonial Funds.

Has two rooms over Post Office, but it is not desirable that this should continue.

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Personal Bond £2,000 Two sureties £1,000 each.

Whether any, and if any, what provision is made from public funds for the passage from this country, elsewhere, of the persons sent out to fill the office.

None.

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.

Civil List Ordinance No 13 of 1860.

None.