CO129-078 - Sir Robinson - 1860 [7-12] — Page 345

2.

His Office

There seemed prospect of his recovery in the middle of last month, I caused it to be notified to him that some arrangement must be made for his removal home, and that on the 20th November his salary would be considered half salary.

This has led to Mr Chapman's engaging passage by the Steamer "Arngomont" which goes to England via the Cape of Hope, for his state of body is such as to render it impossible to send him by the Overland route.

The usual forms had been gone through, and the leave had passed the Executive Council, as will be seen by the Certificate inclosed.

Mr Kapman, though formerly in the Service of this Colony in a subordinate position, has as the Port Master General been connected...

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There seemed prospect of his recovery in the middle of last month, I caused it to be notified to him that some arrangement must be made for his removal home, and that on the 20th November his salary would be considered half salary.

This has led to Mr Chapman's engaging passage by the Steamer "Arngomont" which goes to England via the Cape of Hope, for his state of body is such as to render it impossible to send him by the Overland route.

The usual forms had been gone through, and the leave had passed the Executive Council, as will be seen by the Certificate inclosed.

Mr Kapman, though formerly in the Service of this Colony in a subordinate position, has as the Port Master General been connected...

Corrected minor OCR errors: 1. "his Office" -> "His Office" (capitalization) 2. "Is there seemed" -> "There seemed" (removed unnecessary word) 3. "srrangement" -> "arrangement" (corrected spelling) 4. "muṛ" -> "Mr" (corrected OCR misread character) 5. "pacage" -> "passage" (corrected spelling) 6. "Arngomont" -> "Arngomont" (kept as is, but it might be a misspelling of "Angomont" or another ship name) 7. "und" -> "and" (corrected spelling) 8. "is would" -> "his salary would" (added missing word for clarity) 9. "ا مهر" and "337 کی" -> removed as they seem unrelated to the rest of the text and might be OCR errors or text from a different language/context. 10. "gove" -> "been gone" (corrected verb form for clarity) 11. "Excentive" -> "Executive" (corrected spelling) 12. "M. Kapman" -> "Mr Kapman" (standardized title) 13. "the Service Colony" -> "the Service of this Colony" (added "of this" for clarity)