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think it only pist to Myself & acquaint Ito ballency the Administrator for the Information of My Lord the decretan, of Slate that I have not lätern Brusself any pres whatzoros. for conducting the

Lates of Crown Lands since Ihave been

Purveyor General of Hong Kong.

2. In

1876

the

Special

Servrees

irendered by the land Eurveying staff of

This Department in carrying out the new

Eurveys op

to the

the town induced me to

reprezent

of your predecessors in Office the

pratice of allowsing Mr. Danby and the Assistants some small pratuity for the

Arduous

arduous work they had performed, but as

the Government feared to create a

precedent and did not verw my propozal

very favourably, I availed smself of the band fees due me by the Government, and drawing of $301.80 from The Colonial Treasury, I d

Anconach

among

the suns

divided the

Me member.

of the land.

Su weyung staff in proportion to the valid

of

the devices Each member had rendered

to the Govenmuruh. The occurred a

Second live tu 1877, again on the occasion

the

of Special Seureis in connection with the rew Howloong Surveys, when $588.50 of

Fand