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a great confusion,

Office;

which

qwere viv az

promising me a good remuneration.

the

I accepted his offer, and with:

the

e greatest exertion and difficulties, without loss of time, I have succeeded to put the whole in due order, as it is proved

the Accounts for the Quarters ending by 30th September and 37th December, 1844, together with the annual Account,

t for the Year, the quarterly Accounts of 31

dane

the

March and 30 June of the present Year 1940.

In support of the stated confusion

in which the books

books of the Treasury

were at that

you will perhaps be aware that His Corseelling

time, you

the Governor had refused to issue further warrants

until all the Accounts

in arrears were -4-

brought up in due order.

21702e

Mr. Martin did not given

than Sixty dollars per month as a

Salary which I was on the

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the point to refuse, if

my very limited circumstances, which long illness had brought me to, had not prevented me:

me by

a

During the time I was thus engaged,

liberal

offer a

had twice been made to

- by a Dutch Commercial House at + Macao, which I would have accepted,

had I not been entreated by Mr. Martin. not to abandon him in the middle of my work, and promising that I would have been appointed second bleak to the Treamy, which capacity was then and now held by Mr. Collins, who was on the eve of quitting it, but, alas! Mr Collins continued to be second Clerk, and I was compelled to work

on that scanty, remuneration of sixty dollars, which is less than any inferior bleck has in the Government employment, with which IS. am hardly able to provide the necessaries of life.

Salary

On