CO129-103 - Others - 1864 — Page 177

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in the event of your services being dispensed with (excepting from misconduct) within

years from

from the date of your employment in this country, with full salary to the date of landing in Great Britain

In the event of your relinquishing the appointment within three years from date of your arrival in

the

Hong Kong you will be

to the

required to repay brown Agents the cost of your passage to that Colony.

Your duties will be as follows viz : to proceed to Hong Kong with the first shipment of materials to be sent from this coun

country, first

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first making yourself thoroughly

acquainted with all the details

of the Buildings about to

be erected, to assist at, and direct the erection of the ironwork of the Buildings, superintend the erection of the Engines, Boilers, Furnaces &e and all other ironwork & machinery to be sent from England.

On completion of the works you will be required to assist in superintending and keeping in repair. the whole of the Machinery and to perform such other duties as may

be required by the Master of the Mint or his representatic from time to tinse

As it is desirable that

you should become thoroughly

conversant with all the details of the Buildings & Machinery, about to be erected, I have to request your regular attendance at the Royal

Mint

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