All the above suggested alterations have been incorporated, with the exception of the suggestion of the Registrar
to decrease the maximum fee allowable
to an Assessor such a suggestion having
been made under the erroneous
that $50 was about
equal to £ 10 sterling.
Fifty dollars is in fact equivalent at the present rate of Exchange to
about £5.10s-.
E. Pollock,
Acting Attorney General.
DRAFT.
The Secretary to the
Admiralty
MINUTE.
Mr. Allen, Sir
Lucas
Mr. Fairfield.
Mr. Wingfield,
Mr. Bramston.
Sir B. Meade.
Earl of Selborne,
Mr. Chamberlain.
Old 13996
27 Aug 1896
For.
Hong Kong
Ins
Sir,
16 Sept. 1896
With reference to your letter of the 4th of April last £2200 4th April
directed by the
Secretary of State for
the Colonies to trans-
mit to
you for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of
Admiralty a copy of