unit Deputy Scpt of Police,
but as I stated in my Telegram
of the 30th well? I desire that this
appt & others in the New Territory
should for the present
be
regarded
temporary until it is more
definitely known what appoint-
ments will ultimately be
required.
I have no objection to the selec-
tion of
Mr Halifax for the last-
mentioned appt but I consider
that the proposed Salary of
the
is so high that the appt should
not in the
first
instance be
paid at a higher rate than $2400
as stated in par: 7.9f
despatch Einddrifly
item
which is the Salary of
Fifth Class appointment
to an I refer to Hon for
assistants
the Straits Settlements_
DRAFTM Lockhart's
in
paper and in the following
paragraph Jeapenditure for the
in the summary
Scurrent year you specify
Mr.
Wr.
MINUTE the same sam
as the cont
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
24r. Graham.
gmagistracy I am not sure Whether I'm
right in
assuming that it is intended
Sir B. Wingfield that Mr Lockhart's Part of Selborne. Assistant & assistants
Earl
Mr. Chamberlain, Shall undertake
Magisterial duties in possity that he himory should act
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to submit to
me fresh proposals for regard
to the Salary of
the additional
magistrate in the new
Territory
of the acquistant or Assistants
in Mr Lockhart's office, her.
of
ing in mind t the quantial
ung/in
as chief magistrate of Classifying the Salaries
appts in the Colony,
but I shall the doubt
hear farther from you
on
On the point, and I Content myself with obracing that in
Salaries
maras fixing any.
in the new Territory regard should be hard to
8
of
as suggested
in the last para: of my Despatch
no 10 of the 6th,
Pending
January last.
and
I shall await further definite
it would be premature
to afttempt to from
proposals from you before coming