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(A. 18.)

Enclosure.

PARTICULARS of the Office now vacant at the Marbour Departypent..

in the Colony of Hongkong.

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RECP

First Boarding Officer REGE 12 JUL 86

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1. Duties of office, and qualifications To board all ships of war and merchant,

required for their performance.

12. Salary and emoluments, and whe-

ther secured by a permanent law.

3. Other circumstances affecting the

value of the office.

vessels arriving here and to make out reports. A knowledge of seamanships is required.

Salary $1500 per

annum

on the Estimates. no emoluments.

Free quarters.

4. Nature, number, and amount of securities required, and mode of giving them.

None

5. Whether any, and if any, what provision is made from public funds for the passage from this country, or elsewhere, of the persons sent out to fill the office.

6. Acts or Ordinances making pro- vision respecting any of the above matters, and especially respecting the permanency of the emolu- ments, and the particulars of the security required, with references to the sections in which such pro- vision is made.

HongKong, 27th April, 1886.

(signed) H. G. Thomsett,

Harbour Master te.

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