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be to carry out such routine surveys as may be
necessary, including the survey of foreign going
passenger steamers, to instruct the staff of the
Department in the duties of a Marine Surveyor,
and to advise the Government of Hong Kong on the
organisation of the Department.
3.
Your engagement for service under the Hong
nong Government would be limited to a period of
six months, exclusive of the periods of the voyages
out and home. The Governor would however have
power to terminate your engagement at any time
during this period. For the whole period of your
secondment (including the periods of the voyages)
you would receive the full salary (and bonus) of your
substantive appointment under the Board of Trade,
together with an additional special allowance at the
rate of £300 a year.
might
Such part of your salary and
allowances as you may elect to receive in the Colony
would
will be issued to you in dollars at the current rate
of exchange.
4. You would be provided with a free first class
passage to the Colony on your signing an agreement
with the Crown Agents for the Colonies, by which
you would be bound to repay its cost to the
Colonial