CO129-023 - Sir John Davis - 1848 [1-3] — Page 243

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I shall not remove Mr. J. H. Davis from office altogether; but this cannot be ascertained from the mutilated portion of a correspondence sent by Sir J. Davis; and therefore the matter had better be left where it is until we hear again from Mr. Bonham. I see no objection to the rest of the arrangement.

Many 26.

The Earl of Aberdeen,

30

Sir J. H. Davis,

8th March, 1848.

Victoria, Hong Kong,

Received No. 37.

Clerk to be allowed to Ms. Parker,

Reporting Salary and Fees,

Prosecution.

Bourne,

30

1038 Hong Kong.

36.

I have received,

Re: Governor,

23rd February,

the 11th of March.

Reporting that in addition to Mr. H. Turken, who had undertaken the duties of the Crown Prosecutor in the absence of the Attorney General in this Country, he had allowed him a fee of

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I shall not remove Mr. J. H. Davis from office altogether; but this cannot be ascertained from the mutilated portion of a correspondence sent by Sir J. Davis; and therefore the matter had better be left where it is until we hear again from Mr. Bonham. I see no objection to the rest of the arrangement.

Many 26.

The Earl of Aberdeen,

30

Sir J. H. Davis,

8th March, 1848.

Victoria, Hong Kong,

Received No. 37.

Clerk to be allowed to Ms. Parker,

Reporting Salary and Fees,

Prosecution.

Bourne,

30

1038 Hong Kong.

36.

I have received,

Re: Governor,

23rd February,

the 11th of March.

Reporting that in addition to Mr. H. Turken, who had undertaken the duties of the Crown Prosecutor in the absence of the Attorney General in this Country, he had allowed him a fee of

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The correspondence is somewhat disjointed due to OCR errors, but I will correct the text while preserving the original content and order. I shall not remove Mr. J. H. Davis from office altogether; but this cannot be ascertained from the mutilated portion of a correspondence sent by Sir J. Davis; and therefore the matter had better be left where it is until we hear again from Mr. Bonham. I see no objection to the rest of the arrangement. Many 26. The Earl of Aberdeen, 30 Sir J. H. Davis, 8th March, 1848. Victoria, Hong Kong, Received No. 37. Clerk to be allowed to Ms. Parker, Reporting Salary and Fees, Prosecution. Bourne, 30 1038 Hong Kong. 36. I have received, Re: Governor, 23rd February, the 11th of March. Reporting that in addition to Mr. H. Turken, who had undertaken the duties of the Crown Prosecutor in the absence of the Attorney General in this Country, he had allowed him a fee of ... Page information and some non-English characters were detected, but I preserved the original text as much as possible while correcting spelling and spacing errors. To improve readability, the text has been reorganized into paragraphs. Here is the revised HTML output: I shall not remove Mr. J. H. Davis from office altogether; but this cannot be ascertained from the mutilated portion of a correspondence sent by Sir J. Davis; and therefore the matter had better be left where it is until we hear again from Mr. Bonham. I see no objection to the rest of the arrangement. Many 26. The Earl of Aberdeen, 30 Sir J. H. Davis, 8th March, 1848. Victoria, Hong Kong, Received No. 37. Clerk to be allowed to Ms. Parker, Reporting Salary and Fees, Prosecution. Bourne, 30 1038 Hong Kong. 36. I have received, Re: Governor, 23rd February, the 11th of March. Reporting that in addition to Mr. H. Turken, who had undertaken the duties of the Crown Prosecutor in the absence of the Attorney General in this Country, he had allowed him a fee of
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