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important

and probably more

a

laborwn's . And I thrill that if Representative form of Government.. prevailed at Hong Kong

at Hong Kong the Afficial

us

Sr. J. Davis

Salaries would be speedily altered. Reverting however to the immediate question before cmsolidated the Offices of Colonial, Secretary and

and auditor General the result of which appears, fron

Dr Bridges' account, that the duties of the latter office have been performed by excessive Clarks, pho inadequately done their

hove.

So

work that the public accounts

ûre

ни

arrear,

and "lamentable

"disorganization" prevails. I may

perhaps

here mention

that this fact

has been lately corroborated to

me

by

te

263

of the Treasurer's

(ellejor Forth ) securities who called

Fere

in

contiguouse of the

to the financial that officer

representation made to him by

as

Mayor Fath

condition of

of the Cokery

fearing that

he would be

had

hand

в

will

further

held responsible for mismanagement

which he has

in rccasioning.

mention that I have observed in the Hary Stary etewspapers

Commission of Enquing

that

a

into the Treasury accounts has been again appointed. The Governor

has not

This

Course

second

reported

this

fact.

in the

or do

enquiry of a apar does not spent favorably for

me

the

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