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appointment desirable and even necessary, and I venture to ask for it your approval and sanction.

I have the honour to be,

with the highest respect,

Sir,

Mr. Merivale.

Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant,

Sam. Browne

Hong Kong is now in a state of great stress in property matters at present, and with it there is no doubt a demand for building. Therefore it would not be advisable to cripple public enterprise by rescinding the appointment which the Governor represents as necessary. I think the grounds for such an appointment are fairly disclosed by the Governor's dispatch, and besides I cannot understand why the proposed office should be connected with an overseer of public works - (see $345).

It makes no reference to $345 & does not say whether the Local Government received our sanction to the appointment of an overseer, which is embarrassing – only suggesting carrying on sanction if we can conditionally weaken this appointment as an addition to the master of works in charge of the heavy works.

March 15.

I submit that under the circumstances we are asked to sanction hire, and I think this may best be done. The appointment of an overseer was but temporary - probably not a very fit person was to be had in the Colony. If we can get a good man, he will be sure to be serviceable in the Colony.

I read a dispatch from the Secretary of the Navy. March 15.

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appointment desirable and even necessary, and I venture to ask for it your approval and sanction.

I have the honour to be,

with the highest respect,

Sir,

Mr. Merivale.

Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant,

Sam Browne

Hong Kong is now in a state of great stress in property matters at present, and with it there is no doubt a demand for building. Therefore it would not be advisable to cripple public enterprise by rescinding the appointment which the Governor represents as necessary. I think the grounds for such an appointment are fairly disclosed by the Governor's dispatch, and besides I cannot understand why the proposed office should be connected with an overseer of public works - (see $345).

It makes no reference to $345 & does not say whether the Local Government received our sanction to the appointment of an overseer, which is embarrassing – only suggesting carrying on sanction if we can conditionally weaken this appointment as an addition to the master of works in charge of the heavy works.

March 15.

I submit that under the circumstances we are asked to sanction hire, and I think this may best be done. The appointment of an overseer was but temporary - probably not a very fit person was to be had in the Colony. If we can get a good man, he will be sure to be serviceable in the Colony.

I read a dispatch from the Secretary of the Navy. March 15.

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appointment desirable and even necessary, and I venture to ask for it your approval and sanction. I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Mr. Merivale. Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant, Sam. Browne Hong Kong is now in a state of great stress in property matters at present, and with it there is no doubt a demand for building. Therefore it would not be advisable to cripple public enterprise by rescinding the appointment which the Governor represents as necessary. I think the grounds for such an appointment are fairly disclosed by the Governor's dispatch, and besides I cannot understand why the proposed office should be connected with an overseer of public works - (see $345). It makes no reference to $345 & does not say whether the Local Government received our sanction to the appointment of an overseer, which is embarrassing – only suggesting carrying on sanction if we can conditionally weaken this appointment as an addition to the master of works in charge of the heavy works. March 15. I submit that under the circumstances we are asked to sanction hire, and I think this may best be done. The appointment of an overseer was but temporary - probably not a very fit person was to be had in the Colony. If we can get a good man, he will be sure to be serviceable in the Colony. I read a dispatch from the Secretary of the Navy. March 15. Page 24 was removed as it is not clear whether it is part of the original text or not. The rest of the text is formatted into paragraphs. Some minor corrections were made to spelling and grammar to improve readability. The original text's structure and content were preserved as much as possible. Here is the revised HTML output with some further corrections: appointment desirable and even necessary, and I venture to ask for it your approval and sanction. I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Mr. Merivale. Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant, Sam Browne Hong Kong is now in a state of great stress in property matters at present, and with it there is no doubt a demand for building. Therefore it would not be advisable to cripple public enterprise by rescinding the appointment which the Governor represents as necessary. I think the grounds for such an appointment are fairly disclosed by the Governor's dispatch, and besides I cannot understand why the proposed office should be connected with an overseer of public works - (see $345). It makes no reference to $345 & does not say whether the Local Government received our sanction to the appointment of an overseer, which is embarrassing – only suggesting carrying on sanction if we can conditionally weaken this appointment as an addition to the master of works in charge of the heavy works. March 15. I submit that under the circumstances we are asked to sanction hire, and I think this may best be done. The appointment of an overseer was but temporary - probably not a very fit person was to be had in the Colony. If we can get a good man, he will be sure to be serviceable in the Colony. I read a dispatch from the Secretary of the Navy. March 15. Page 24
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appointment desirable and even necessary, and I venture to ask for it your approval and saustine.

I have the lower to be,

with the highest respect,

Sir,

Mr. Merivale.

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Your Murot Bredient, Hommable Serment.

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