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AGEN

Law Officers

Fe

incapacitated from becoming Governor of the Colong in the absence

of

the Lieut Governor,

I d'Almada è Castro

now enjoys a Salary of £472. 10 Chief fleck in the Colonial Secretary's Office, and an additional

as

£ 100 per Annum as

Council being

an

fleak of the

aggregate of

£ 572... 10 which I think considering the rate of Salaries obtaining

the Junior branches of the

among Public Service at Hongkong most-imple.

is

I entirely approve of Mr. Mereer's appointment as folonial Secretary and think that his Salary should be fixed at £1200 per annum; and I also think that the Local Government will

be extremely fortunate should

it be able to retain br Reinaecker's Services as Colonial Treasurer

at & 600 per

boo

218

annum

of the

high estimation in which I hold these Gentlemen I have spoken in Despatches when in office, and I therefore need not here enlarge further Iubject.

I entirely agree

on the

in the

necessity of pensioning Dr. Somelate

and indeed recommended the

measine

me

before I vacates

my

late

Office, and if this measure be adopted it will enable the other anangements proposed by folonel faine to be canied into effect.

But there is one

point which is not adverted to by St. Colonel Carne in his Despatch of the 15t April which I consider my imperative duty to bring to notie I allude to the Salary fixed for the Office of the Lieut Governa

Ber W. Baxters

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