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Sir Hercules Robinson wrote to a similar effect, to which he adds, should I desire to raise any questions it would be better to do so while at home &c. I think it desirable to place before you the following statement at this period, rather than defer a subject that causes me considerable anxiety, from the tone of the latter part of the Despatch No 126.
When I accepted the appointment it was under the impression that I should be permitted to make some additions to my income as a consulting Engineer and I further inferred from some remarks that fell from Sir Hercules Robinson when speaking of other professional appointments, that I was correct in my views; since then Sir Hercules Robinson and myself have had some correspondence on the subject and it appears that, on that point I had misunderstood him.
As some proof of my convictions, when engaged in business pursuits previous to the embodiment of the Militia in 1854, my income was about £5000 per annum, and I should scarcely have consented to an arrangement attended with so many disadvantages, which limited professional income to £1400 in such an expensive country as China.
I observe the constant references to the Salaries of officers in the Colony, but which I most respectfully submit have little to do with such an exceptional case as mine. Theirs are permanent appointments, not experimental and possibly temporary as in my case.
The duties of my appointment differ widely from all others, even from those of my successor. I have not only to organise and get into working order a large establishment, in which most delicate and difficult...
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Sucules Robinson to a similar effect, to which he adds, should I desire to raise any questions it would be better to do so while at home &c. I thick it desirable to place before you the following whatement at this period, rather that defie a subject that causes me considerable auxiety, from the tore of the latter pact of the Despatch No 126.
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