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duty
to the Crown, they should
should fail
to
What has the todo
Follow
the dictation of Colonial Ministries
and Legislatures.
H
Now
on
accepting
the
Government of Hongkong, and before leaving England, I was distinctly
given
to understand that I should
hold the same position in every respect, including the privilege of remitting a portion of my salary at par of account, with my predecessor, Sir John Pope Hennessy. I am now told, for the first time, nearly a year after my first acceptance of this Government
Government, that I am to be deprived of this privilege, that is, of a considerable portion of the emoluments enjoyed by my predecessor, in consequence of an expression in the despatch from the
W.
Exp Colonial Office M. 18 of February 19, 1876.
4620
75-6
which was never, as we have seen,
applied to Sir John Pope Hennessy;
which no one in this
Colony
ever
and
supposed to be applicable to the ... Representative of the Queen. "That despatch speaks of persons entering
the service
has nev
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was not in the original, I added...
to indicate the original was broken, however, to follow the instruction, the above is returned without any further editing.126
duty
to the Crown, they should
should fail
to
What has the todo
Follow
the dictation of Colonial Ministries
butt in?
and Legislatures.
H
Now
on
accepting
the
Government of Hongkong, and before leaving England, I was distinctly
given
to understand that I should.
hold the same position in every- respect, including the privilege of remitting a portion of my salary at par of account, with my predecessor, Sir John tope Hennessy. I am now told, for the first time, nearly a year after my first acceptance of this Government
Government, that I am to be deprived of this privilege, that is, of a considerable portion of the emoluments enjoyed by my predecessor, in consequence of an -expression in the despatch from the~.
W.
Exp Colonial Office M. 18 of February 19,1876.
4620
75-6
which was never, as we have seen,
applied to Sir John Pope Hennessy;
which no one in this
Colony
ever
and
supposed to be applicable to the... Representative of the Queen. "That ~ despatch speaks of persons entering
the service
has nev
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of Hongkong, but this phrase hitherto (as I am assured).
never hitherto (a
been
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