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2. The salary of the Post should be £210, and not £225 as stated in this letter. The travelling allowance of £25 will be given as proposed.
3. The terms of the agreement should be those embodied in the agreement with Mr J.T. Longstaff, a copy of which was enclosed in your despatch of 11th Feb last.
Janch ... Governor. No. 1902 4 Apl.
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HÀNG KONG No. 12967 (Subject.) 476 DESPATCH.
C. O. 12367 Appt of Supt of Police,
do not fail to ... You read ... (Minutes.)
This is a little peremptory.
Your despatch: Mr. Lucas
"We need not, however, confine ourselves to what candidates there are in the Straits Settlements and other colonies.
See also 8913, and 1.F. from Sec H. Blake, who has just arrived from Hong Kong. He reported with satisfaction his previous interview with Mr. Lenine, and that he thought the Postmaster-General was preferable to anyone else in Hong Kong. The annexed list of Hong Kong officers (cadets as well as others) who are or might be available for the post...
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