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services thus

rendered by him

fully

exceeded the

and

upon

this

increased remuneration proposed,

I understand that it was

ground

second

that Sir Arthur Hennedy's... application to Lord Carnarvo

row

specified that the increase should not

be

assigned to the post but be considered.

out the earnest and unanimous

wishes of the Legislature of this Colony

and raise Mr Price's

salary at least to rended by

the amount recommended

eArthur Kennedy.

8.

There is no

Sir

· Colony that ...

perhaps may be so truly called a m -Surveyor General's Colony as Hongthong

and especially its unofficial Members,

two of whom were strangers

to Mr. Price,

" were actuated no less by a desire to ______ ensure that Officer's permanent retention in the Public Service and the continuance.

to the Colony of the important material improvements which it has been

undergoing

under his initiation and

supervision, than by the conviction that

the value of the exceptional

personal to Mr Price.

7.

As I

an

unable to

recommend that the Surveyor General

be allowed the privilege of

should

assigned to the post ___

again.

-private practice, and as the land sale...

fees which were

in lieu of this lucrative privilege

do

not

any longer average would be glad if you

£15 a

year,

I.

would allow me

to

carry

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