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a perfectly friendly way yesterday in Cleverley's presence.

Another maller is also somewhat The Governor is allowed peculiar. The 3.

vate Seinstary £250. This

private

A

gentleman

M.

In Abel Gover

as

is employed mis

→

Clerk in the

Foreign Office Department,

but altho serving live masters

he only draende ond the F-250 Trivate Secretary Fulany has been absorbed as

can

not stop

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the drawing of his valary

as Acting Private Secretary. You can easily

ascertain the facts from the Foreign Office and thus an

investigation into this job if necessary

car

be

instituted. By limiting the amount

orv

the

of the experives conseguent Canton difficulty to the first half of the year

the

pect in at all.

question is not

a

favi view as

the Colorry;

salarys for

far ast

regards the C. has been even

the weight

mare fell

2 ka

because therein the

J

understand by the expences

of the Governor's domnestie establishment. This I believe

for months

not choose to

kav been

going

but I did

tion it to

you

until I

found that the youth had been appointed to the fixed establishment of the Foreign #ffice which, however, does

fall in the

amount of Contract for every public

work

enorr

reaved

by the rise of prices of every

description. In fact it was shear

to talk of this colorry self supportering

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years ago; the receipts happened to be more than the disburseme

that

year

because the Governmen