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that of an Englishman is appointed to a post in this Colony, he is not liable to this expense of occasional repatriation, and his salary is therefore usually fixed on a somewhat lower scale. Mr. Young Hee's fitness for his post is not questioned, and I presume that these were the considerations which led Sir M. Nathan to refuse the application for increase of salary. The fact that this gentleman has married a wife whose home is in New Zealand does not appear to me to be one of which the Government can take official cognizance.
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Mr. Young Hee has now requested that his application of the 3rd of August may be laid before Your Lordship and I forward it accordingly for your consideration.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
Sty[r] Governor, &c..