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opinion that it will involve the employment of another Clerk for the purpose
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of keeping the necessary books and making out the accounts. I hope you may be able to devise an arrangement by which such an increase of Staff can be avoided. If the extra Clerk is unavoidable the plan can only be adopted on the condition that the drugs are sold to public servants at a price which will cover the direct and indirect cost of his remuneration as well as other incidental expenses of purchase, storage, distribution and recovery of payment.
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I approve of the suggested addition to the salary of Mr. Chapman the Steward of the Civil Hospital and of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon Mr. Ladds. I also approve the allowance of $120 per annum for knowledge of Chinese