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Treasurership

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successively to the Gacier, to the Superintendent of Police, to the Volise elbagistrate, and to other subordinate Officers, but to attach to the Treasurership the Office of Postmaster-General and the Office of Collector of Stamp Revenue. ༡ཏྟཾ,

in all states and Colonies the Post-

Office and the Stamp Office

tre

subordinate Departments of the

Treasury.

The natural and proper arrangement which should have

been made twelve

bask has

years

now been made provisionally

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X

The

"Through the death of Mr. Justice Snowden,

and

The

present Treasurer (Mr. Lister) is n also Postmaster-General and Collector

of Stamp Revenue. In his several capacities he receives :-

(a) As Treasurer

cr.

#960 per

(b.) As Postmaster General. $3360.

(2) 4s Collector of Stamp Rivence:$960 $5280

Total

annum

#

#!

This aggregate salary is worth, at the - present rate of exchange, about £950

and the promotion of Mr. Russell, a vacancy occurred in the Office of Treasurer

on the day after my arrival at Honghong in last March. As M. Russell had been appointed Treasurer and Registrar General by the Colonial Office, I did not presume to separate those posts until I should have had time to examine the state of affairs in the Colony.