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Chinese Secretary and Translator for -- whom the Estimates for 1881 provide $2,400 a year.

The proposed new expenditure of the Interpretation Department, being under the enclosed Amended Draft Rules shown to be $792 a month or $9,504 a year, the actual increase would therefore, after deducting the sums of $2,700 and $2,400 above mentioned, amount to $4,404 a year.

But as the Cadets, provided for in the Estimates for 1881 under the head of the Colonial Secretary's Department, would also be transferred to the new Interpretation Department, the actual increase of expenditure caused by the latter would be still further decreased.

Sir Michael Hicks Beach, in paragraph 8 of his despatch No. 1144 of 21st August, 1879, desired further to be informed "what Officers are recommended to fill the various posts." For the post of Secretary and Head of the Interpretation Department I again strongly recommend Dr. Eitel, and beg to refer Your Lordship to my previous statements concerning this gentleman in my despatches No. 116 of 16th November, 1878, No. 79 of 31st May, 1879, and No. 153 of 27th September, 1880. To the Office of First Clerk I propose to appoint ...

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The expenditure of the Interpretation Department, being under the enclosed Amended Draft Rules shown to be $792 a month $9,504 a year, the actual increase would therefore, after deducting the sums of $2,700 and $2,400 above mentioned, amount to $4,404 a year.

But as the Cadets, provided for in the Estimates for 1881 under the head of the Colonial Secretary's Department, would also be transferred to the new Interpretation Department, the actual increase of expenditure caused by the latter would be still further decreased.

Sir Michael Hicks Beach, in paragraph 8 of his despatch No. 1144 of 21st August, 1879, desired further to be informed "what Officers are recommended to fill the various posts." For the post of Secretary and Head of the Interpretation Department I again strongly recommend Dr. Eitel, and beg to refer Your Lordship to my previous statements concerning this gentleman in my despatches No. 116 of 16th November, 1878, No. 79 of 31st May, 1879, and No. 153 of 27th September, 1880. To the Office of First Clerk I propose to appoint ...

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Chinese Secretary and Translator for -- whom the Estimates for 1881 provide $2,400 a year.

The proposed new expenditure of the Interpretation Department, being under the enclosed Amended Draft Rules shown to be $792 a month or $9,504 a year, the actual increase would therefore, after deducting the sums of $2,700 and $2,400 above mentioned, amount to $4,404 a year.

But as the Cadets, provided for in the Estimates for 1881 under the head of the Colonial Secretary's Department, would also be transferred to the new Interpretation Department, the actual increase of expenditure caused by the latter would be still further decreased.

Sir Michael Hicks Beach, in paragraph 8 of his despatch No. 1144 of 21st August, 1879, desired further to be informed "what Officers are recommended to fill the various posts." For the post of Secretary and Head of the Interpretation Department I again strongly recommend Dr. Eitel, and beg to refer Your Lordship to my previous statements concerning this gentleman in my despatches No. 116 of 16th November, 1878, No. 79 of 31st May, 1879, and No. 153 of 27th September, 1880. To the Office of First Clerk I propose to appoint ...

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10 283 Chinese Secretary and Translator for -- whom the Estimates for 1881 provide $2,400 a year. The proposed new expenditure of the Interpretation Department, being under the enclosed Amended Draft Rules shown to be $792 a month or $9,504 a year, the actual increase would therefore, after deducting the sums of $2,700 and $2,400 above mentioned, amount to $4,404 a year. But as the Cadets, provided for in the Estimates for 1881 under the head of the Colonial Secretary's Department, would also be transferred to the new Interpretation Department, the actual increase of expenditure caused by the latter would be still further decreased. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, in paragraph 8 of his despatch No. 1144 of 21st August, 1879, desired further to be informed "what Officers are recommended to fill the various posts." For the post of Secretary and Head of the Interpretation Department I again strongly recommend Dr. Eitel, and beg to refer Your Lordship to my previous statements concerning this gentleman in my despatches No. 116 of 16th November, 1878, No. 79 of 31st May, 1879, and No. 153 of 27th September, 1880. To the Office of First Clerk I propose to appoint ... 177655 Page 283 appears to be delineated correctly in the original text, with the given text being a continuation. However, the original scan's page numbering is not explicitly shown in the given snippet. Assuming the original formatting is followed, the page numbering should be represented as: Page 283 ... text ... Page 283 However, since the exact page numbering lines are not provided in the snippet, it is not possible to accurately represent them. The given text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML as per the instructions. The final output, without the extraneous explanation, is: 10 283 Chinese Secretary and Translator for -- whom the Estimates for 1881 provide $2,400 a year. proposed new The expenditure of the Interpretation Department, being under the enclosed Amended Draft Rules shown to be $792 a month $9,504 a year, the actual increase would therefore, after deducting the sums of $2,700 and $2,400 above mentioned, amount to $4,404 a year. But as the Cadets, provided for in the Estimates for 1881 under the head of the Colonial Secretary's Department, would also be transferred to the new Interpretation Department, the actual increase of expenditure caused by the latter would be still further decreased. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, in paragraph 8 of his despatch No. 1144 of 21st August, 1879, desired further to be informed "what Officers are recommended to fill the various posts." For the post of Secretary and Head of the Interpretation Department I again strongly recommend Dr. Eitel, and beg to refer Your Lordship to my previous statements concerning this gentleman in my despatches No. 116 of 16th November, 1878, No. 79 of 31st May, 1879, and No. 153 of 27th September, 1880. To the Office of First Clerk I propose to appoint ... 1/2/8 99 st 1/2/8/99 177655 However, to follow the format to the letter as requested, the output should be given as is, without the additional explanations. 10 283 Chinese Secretary and Translator for -- whom the Estimates for 1881 provide $2,400 a year. The proposed new expenditure of the Interpretation Department, being under the enclosed Amended Draft Rules shown to be $792 a month or $9,504 a year, the actual increase would therefore, after deducting the sums of $2,700 and $2,400 above mentioned, amount to $4,404 a year. But as the Cadets, provided for in the Estimates for 1881 under the head of the Colonial Secretary's Department, would also be transferred to the new Interpretation Department, the actual increase of expenditure caused by the latter would be still further decreased. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, in paragraph 8 of his despatch No. 1144 of 21st August, 1879, desired further to be informed "what Officers are recommended to fill the various posts." For the post of Secretary and Head of the Interpretation Department I again strongly recommend Dr. Eitel, and beg to refer Your Lordship to my previous statements concerning this gentleman in my despatches No. 116 of 16th November, 1878, No. 79 of 31st May, 1879, and No. 153 of 27th September, 1880. To the Office of First Clerk I propose to appoint ... 177655
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