20 I cannot sanction so large an increase as is proposed in the case of the Apothecary. I would not however object to his being given an increase of $240, if the position of the Medical Officer above him, the Asst Supt. of the Hospital, is improved.
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576 the manner improved in the way I have suggested in the preceding paragraph.
21 Magistracy
The salary of the First Clerk, if he is treated as regards quarters in the manner laid down in par. 8 above, should be fixed at $1997 instead of $2237.
As the leading Chinese Interpreter