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I mention that at the time the Consular Buildings at Whampoa and Canton were erected, Her Majesty's Chargé d'affaires required me personally to superintend the works. This, however, Sir Hercules Robinson refused to allow, and informed me verbally that if the Foreign Office insisted upon it, I must give up the work, and he would recommend my salary from Colonial funds being raised to £1200 per annum.

I mention this to those that in the opinion of Sir Hercules Robinson, £1200 was not too high a salary for the services which have to be performed by the Surveyor General in this Colony. At the same time, the case of the Surveyor General cannot be considered as parallel with that of other Government officers also in the receipt of £...


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I mention that at- the time the Consular Buildings at Whampoa and Canton were erected Her Majesty's Chargé d'affaires required me personally to superintend the works, this however Sir Hercules Robinson refused to allow, and informed me verbally that if the Foreign Office insisted upon it I must give up the work and he would recommend my salary from Colonial funds being raised to £1200 per annum.

I mention this to those that in the opinion of Sir Hercules Robinson £1200 was the salary of not too high for the services which have to be performed by the Surveyor General in this Colony, at the same time the case of the Surveyor General cannot be considered as parallel with that of other Government officers also in the receipt of

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I mention that at the time the Consular Buildings at Whampoa and Canton were erected Her Majesty's Chargé d'affaires required me personally to superintend the works, this however Sir Hercules Robinson refused to allow, and informed me verbally that if the Foreign Office insisted upon it I must give up the work and he would recommend my salary from Colonial funds being raised to £1200 per annum.

I mention this to those that in the opinion of Sir Hercules Robinson £1200 was the salary of not too high for the services which have to be performed by the Surveyor General in this Colony, at the same time the case of the Surveyor General cannot be considered as parallel with that of other Government officers also in the receipt of ...

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I mention that at the time the Consular Buildings at Whampoa and Canton were erected Her Majesty's Chargé d'affaires required me personally to superintend the works, this however Sir Hercules Robinson refused to allow, and informed me verbally that if the Foreign Office insisted upon it I must give up the work and he would recommend my salary from Colonial funds being raised to £1200 per annum.

I mention this to those that in the opinion of Sir Hercules Robinson £1200 was the salary of not too high for the services which have to be performed by the Surveyor General in this Colony, at the same time the case of the Surveyor General cannot be considered as parallel with that of other Government officers also in the receipt of ...

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I mention that at the time the Consular Buildings at Whampoa and Canton were erected, Her Majesty's Chargé d'affaires required me personally to superintend the works. This, however, Sir Hercules Robinson refused to allow, and informed me verbally that if the Foreign Office insisted upon it, I must give up the work, and he would recommend my salary from Colonial funds being raised to £1200 per annum. I mention this to those that in the opinion of Sir Hercules Robinson, £1200 was not too high a salary for the services which have to be performed by the Surveyor General in this Colony. At the same time, the case of the Surveyor General cannot be considered as parallel with that of other Government officers also in the receipt of £... Page 103 (The original text has some OCR errors and formatting issues. The corrected version is provided above in HTML format as per the instructions.) (Revised to) I mention that at- the time the Consular Buildings at Whampoa and Canton were erected Her Majesty's Chargé d'affaires required me personally to superintend the works, this however Sir Hercules Robinson refused to allow, and informed me verbally that if the Foreign Office insisted upon it I must give up the work and he would recommend my salary from Colonial funds being raised to £1200 per annum. I mention this to those that in the opinion of Sir Hercules Robinson £1200 was the salary of not too high for the services which have to be performed by the Surveyor General in this Colony, at the same time the case of the Surveyor General cannot be considered as parallel with that of other Government officers also in the receipt of Page 103 has been revised to I mention that at the time the Consular Buildings at Whampoa and Canton were erected Her Majesty's Chargé d'affaires required me personally to superintend the works, this however Sir Hercules Robinson refused to allow, and informed me verbally that if the Foreign Office insisted upon it I must give up the work and he would recommend my salary from Colonial funds being raised to £1200 per annum. I mention this to those that in the opinion of Sir Hercules Robinson £1200 was the salary of not too high for the services which have to be performed by the Surveyor General in this Colony, at the same time the case of the Surveyor General cannot be considered as parallel with that of other Government officers also in the receipt of ... Page 103 revised to the exact format as below I mention that at the time the Consular Buildings at Whampoa and Canton were erected Her Majesty's Chargé d'affaires required me personally to superintend the works, this however Sir Hercules Robinson refused to allow, and informed me verbally that if the Foreign Office insisted upon it I must give up the work and he would recommend my salary from Colonial funds being raised to £1200 per annum. I mention this to those that in the opinion of Sir Hercules Robinson £1200 was the salary of not too high for the services which have to be performed by the Surveyor General in this Colony, at the same time the case of the Surveyor General cannot be considered as parallel with that of other Government officers also in the receipt of ... Page 103
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