CO129-019 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [1-4] — Page 105

23 Apr W. Hawes

The question is not whether a Clergyman at Hong Kong - a point on which there

sho walk or she ride to his duties.

seems no room for doubt; but whether a Clergyman with

£700

a gear ought not to keep his own horse. If not. I

think that an gncrease

Salary th? be

given &

Forage refused.

The & ground of his distincth is that if Forage be allowed to Civil Officer it can be claimed by the rest. If granted

any

one

it will be claimed in all. To eke out bad

in any one colony lalaries, by allowances, is alwags inconvenient a wasteful. On what principle £700 a gear was fixed for this Clerical rather than £800, or £600, I do not know. Every was done in deference to the authority of the local

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I um not prepared upon this statement,

buling. At the end an excrease of the public expenditure,

in replony where formsider its whole was

the sellery now allowed's sufficent Willy

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101

5 May 147.

There to acknowledge-

of the grounds of his application

for Stanton in explanations a further letter from the Red-

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the wish of your Despatch

au

allowance for Sorul

for Enveyance

in the discharge.

compotest the defect from

of his Clercial duties.

Espoosted Jain unable

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recommendation in

this Gentlemen's favor, as

I consider the

Salary

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