CO129-227 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [6] — Page 388

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as I might reasonably have expected to be, I should have been entitled to reckon 40 years service, viz 39 years actual service + one year for unhealthy climate: 40/1350 the salary of the Colonial Secretary - $900.

I beg also to submit that I was asked by the Colonial Office to go to Hongkong and did not apply for the transfer.

I have the honor to annex hereto for your Lordship's consideration a statement of my services since I left Mauritius, prepared in the Audit Office.

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My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

Marsh

9 April 1877

I also annex a copy of a statement of my services in Mauritius prepared in April 1877 by Mr. Camay, then in charge of the Audit office in that Colony.

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as I might reasonably have expected to be, I should have been entitled to reckon 40 years service, viz 39 years actual service + one year for unhealthy climate: 40/1350 the salary of the Colonial Secretary - $900. I beg also to submit that I was asked by the Colonial Office to go to Hongkong and did not apply for the transfer. I have the honor to annex hereto for your Lordship's consideration a statement of my services since I left Mauritius, prepared in the Audit Office. Page 386 My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, Marsh 9 April 1877 I also annex a copy of a statement of my services in Mauritius prepared in April 1877 by Mr. Camay, then in charge of the Audit office in that Colony. Page 3
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