CO129-226 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [4-5] — Page 233

payment of the staff. Dr. Doborok now seems to consider these duties as altogether of a subordinate nature to the scientific and no doubt extremely valuable observations which are made by him rather on the interest of scientific knowledge generally than of this Colony. I did not feel justified, under the circumstances, in commending to the Council a vote for the money for an extra clerk, but I laid the papers before the Council in order that, after enquiry, they might make such recommendation as they think fit. They voted by a majority of one an extra Clerk at $480. Four hundred and eighty dollars a year, as reported in separate despatch No.14 of 5 instant.

Dr Doberok, it will be observed, describes himself as Government Astronomer. He was appointed by the Secretary of State to be Director of the Hongkong Observatory, and was gazetted as such, and is always addressed by...

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