to state the exact period for which you will have drawn pay from Indian funds.
[He is going to draw pay from Indian funds].
in order that the Crown Agents may be instructed to resume issuing Hongkong half-pay, as soon as you are authorized to draw Indian pay.
3. I am to take this opportunity of informing you that the salary of your appointee at Amoy has been increased from $3360 to $3840 a year from 1st Jan last. The Crown Agents will be authorized to issue your leave salary accordingly.
4. I am to ask whether the retirement of Dr. Atkins, and the appointment of Dr. Atkinson to succeed him as Principal Medical Officer at Hongkong, has been decided that Dr. Atkinson should continue to be responsible for the medical charge of the four Civil Hospitals, and that the post of Superintendent at that Hospital should not be filled up.
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