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Welloncrief informed 29 July !=

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Sir,

bb3b Hong Kong

REC

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VED

C.O JULY 19

1852

Treasury Chambers, 153

7 July 1853.

With reference to your Letter of the 5th Ultime respecting an Application of the Reverend Mr Moncrieff, late Acting Colonial Chaplain at Hong Kong, fore

Sir

portion of the Salary of the Chaplain which remained unpaid, Sam commanded by the Lord's Comm of Her Majesty's Treasury to request that you will state to Secretary

& john lähington that there is nothing in the Papers transmitted by you to distinguish the Case of Mr Moncrieff from others in which half Salary has been allowed to persons holding Offices in the Colonies during temporary Vacamin and My Lords do not consider that They would be justified in sanctioning departure from the Regulations in this instance, unless Sir John Sakington should be of opinion that there

a

man Merivale Esq :

be

are some

circumdances.