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if the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury shall be of opinion that it is a proper one. With respect to the grounds on which it is proposed to grant Colonel Caine a pension I am to refer you to my letter above mentioned, which explains that the Office of Lieut. Governor of H. Kong is abolished with a view to economy and the interests of the public Service.
His Grace has therefore only to add that as a considerable saving both to Imperial and to Colonial funds will be effected by the appointment of Sir Hercules Robinson as Governor, and the
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if the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury shall be of opinion that it is a proper one. with respect to the grounds on which it is proposed to grant Colonel Caine
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Governor, and
the
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