Creagh regarding his service in Hongkong for comparison with the enclosed paper of particulars prepared from the records in the Colonial
that it is
Secretary's Office.
I regret that. not possible to furnish accurate statement of the
an
aggregate amount of salary drawn by Mr. Creagh from the Colonial treasury during This service in the Colony,
sheets, containing the
the pay
necessary
as
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:necessary particulars of his acting appointments have been destroyed, and the other records are not sufficiently reliable to go upon. For instance it is not possible to verify in Creagh's statement that he declined to accept the lapsing half salary of the Police Magis trate whilst acting in that capacity, the records merely shewing that the payment to him of such half salary
sanctioned.
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