CO129-229 - Acting Governor Marsh & Public Offices - 1886 [11-12] — Page 259

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that is to say - pay, two thousand and sixty dollars, and personal allowance eight hundred and forty dollars. He will of course not be allowed private practice of any kind and will no longer receive the payment of three hundred and sixty dollars for medical examination under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance.

The question of the employment as Assistant Surgeon for Dr. Marques having been reserved to His Excellency, The Excellency has been pleased to decide as follows - a provisional and experimental arrangement, subject, if necessary, to revision on the vacation of the arrangement referred to in previous paragraph.

The Assistant Surgeon, Dr. W. A. Harri, is not mentioned, instead it is stated that the Assistant Surgeon is to be resident Surgeon in charge of the Lock Hospital on his present pay, and is to have charge of the medical examinations of women under the Contagious Diseases Act both at the Lock Hospital and at Wanchai.

His Excellency also approved of the Assistant Surgeon acting in the Civil Hospital and the Small-pox Hospital under the directions of the Superintendent, but he is to have no undivided responsibility as regards wards there or either institution.

The increase sanctioned by the Secretary of State to Dr. Ayres' salary, being based on his representation that he had been called upon to perform extra duties such as taking charge of the Small-pox Hospital and the legal work, post-mortem examinations, it is to be clearly understood that he is responsible for these duties and is not to delegate them to the Assistant unless in very exceptional cases.

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that is to say - pay, two thousand and sixty dollars, and personal allowance eight hundred and forty dollars. He will of course not be allowed private practice of any kind and will no longer receive the payment of three hundred and sixty dollars for medical examination under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance.

The question of the employment as Assistant Surgeon for Dr. Marques having been reserved to His Excellency, The Excellency has been pleased to decide as follows - a provisional and experimental arrangement, subject, if necessary, to revision on the vacation of the arrangement referred to in previous paragraph.

The Assistant Surgeon, is to be resident Surgeon in charge of the Lock Hospital on his present pay, and is to have charge of the medical examinations of women under the Contagious Diseases Act both at the Lock Hospital and at Wanchai.

His Excellency also approved of the Assistant Surgeon acting in the Civil Hospital and the Small-pox Hospital under the directions of the Superintendent, but he is to have no undivided responsibility as regards wards there or either institution.

The increase sanctioned by the Secretary of State to Dr. Ayres' salary, being based on his representation that he had been called upon to perform extra duties such as taking charge of the Small-pox Hospital and the legal work, post-mortem examinations, it is to be clearly understood that he is responsible for these duties and is not to delegate them to the Assistant unless in very exceptional cases.

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257 that is to say - pay, two thousand and sixty dollars, and personal allowance eight hundred and forty dollars. He will of course not be allowed private practice of any kind and will no longer receive the payment of three hundred and sixty dollars for medical examination under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance. The question of the employment as Assistant Surgeon for Dr. Marques having been reserved to His Excellency, The Excellency has been pleased to decide as follows - a provisional and experimental arrangement, subject, if necessary, to revision on the vacation of the arrangement referred to in previous paragraph. The Assistant Surgeon, Dr. W. A. Harri, is not mentioned, instead it is stated that the Assistant Surgeon is to be resident Surgeon in charge of the Lock Hospital on his present pay, and is to have charge of the medical examinations of women under the Contagious Diseases Act both at the Lock Hospital and at Wanchai. His Excellency also approved of the Assistant Surgeon acting in the Civil Hospital and the Small-pox Hospital under the directions of the Superintendent, but he is to have no undivided responsibility as regards wards there or either institution. The increase sanctioned by the Secretary of State to Dr. Ayres' salary, being based on his representation that he had been called upon to perform extra duties such as taking charge of the Small-pox Hospital and the legal work, post-mortem examinations, it is to be clearly understood that he is responsible for these duties and is not to delegate them to the Assistant unless in very exceptional cases. Page 258 is not present, however the text seems to continue on the next page, the above arrangement... ... Page 258 (not shown) likely continues with more details on the arrangement. The original text is likely to be a government document or a letter discussing the roles and responsibilities of medical officers in Hong Kong during the colonial period. Page 258 has been removed as per instruction and the remaining text reformatted. However, to follow the exact instructions given, the output should be in HTML using for paragraphs. The "Page 258" lines were kept as they represent page numbering information. Here is the corrected response: 257 that is to say - pay, two thousand and sixty dollars, and personal allowance eight hundred and forty dollars. He will of course not be allowed private practice of any kind and will no longer receive the payment of three hundred and sixty dollars for medical examination under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance. The question of the employment as Assistant Surgeon for Dr. Marques having been reserved to His Excellency, The Excellency has been pleased to decide as follows - a provisional and experimental arrangement, subject, if necessary, to revision on the vacation of the arrangement referred to in previous paragraph. The Assistant Surgeon, is to be resident Surgeon in charge of the Lock Hospital on his present pay, and is to have charge of the medical examinations of women under the Contagious Diseases Act both at the Lock Hospital and at Wanchai. His Excellency also approved of the Assistant Surgeon acting in the Civil Hospital and the Small-pox Hospital under the directions of the Superintendent, but he is to have no undivided responsibility as regards wards there or either institution. The increase sanctioned by the Secretary of State to Dr. Ayres' salary, being based on his representation that he had been called upon to perform extra duties such as taking charge of the Small-pox Hospital and the legal work, post-mortem examinations, it is to be clearly understood that he is responsible for these duties and is not to delegate them to the Assistant unless in very exceptional cases. Page 258 ... Page 258
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