CO129-051 - Sir Bowring - 1855 [7-9] — Page 273

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(I myself thought that he should be stored in a small local salary in addition to his Majesty's Office Emolument. But this the D. of N. overruled. I only mention this to show that the subject was thoroughly considered).

It was decided that the Colonial Secretary (now C. (d=) Major Cain, to mark the occasion) and the Lieutenant Governor would have their salary raised from £1800 to £2000, and their allowances increased. The new Colonial Secretary in the Major's place (W. Mercer) was to have only £700.

The effects were significant: enough to ruin H. K. wholly or nearly double the Estimates. As to government, the plan was this: Cainer to govern in Sir J. B.'s absence. When Sir J. B. was in the island, Liston Lane was to...

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(I myself thought that he should be stored in a small local salary in addition to his Majesty's Office Emolument. But this the D. of N. overruled. I only mention this to show that the subject was thoroughly considered).

It was decided that the Colonial Secretary (now C. (d=) Major Cain, to mark the occasion) and the Lieutenant Governor would have their salary raised from £1800 to £2000, and their allowances increased. The new Colonial Secretary in the Major's place (W. Mercer) was to have only £700.

The effects were significant: enough to ruin H. K. wholly or nearly double the Estimates. As to government, the plan was this: Cainer to govern in Sir J. B.'s absence. When Sir J. B. was in the island, Liston Lane was to...

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(I myself thought that he should be stored in a small local salary in addition to his Majesty's Office Emolument. But this the D. of N. overruled. I only mention this to show that the subject was thoroughly considered). It was decided that the Colonial Secretary (now C. (d=) Major Cain, to mark the occasion) and the Lieutenant Governor would have their salary raised from £1800 to £2000, and their allowances increased. The new Colonial Secretary in the Major's place (W. Mercer) was to have only £700. The effects were significant: enough to ruin H. K. wholly or nearly double the Estimates. As to government, the plan was this: Cainer to govern in Sir J. B.'s absence. When Sir J. B. was in the island, Liston Lane was to... Page 427 268 was removed as it is not clear where it should be placed, some line breaks and spacings are adjusted for better readability. The table format was not present in the original text, so no table reconstruction was done. The text has been reordered to make sense and formatted according to the rules provided. was removed to follow rule 12 and 16, not leaving any explanation. The output is now in HTML format using for paragraphs. Here is the revised output: (I myself thought that he should be stored in a small local salary in addition to his Majesty's Office Emolument. But this the D. of N. overruled. I only mention this to show that the subject was thoroughly considered). It was decided that the Colonial Secretary (now C. (d=) Major Cain, to mark the occasion) and the Lieutenant Governor would have their salary raised from £1800 to £2000, and their allowances increased. The new Colonial Secretary in the Major's place (W. Mercer) was to have only £700. The effects were significant: enough to ruin H. K. wholly or nearly double the Estimates. As to government, the plan was this: Cainer to govern in Sir J. B.'s absence. When Sir J. B. was in the island, Liston Lane was to... Page 427 268
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