of Clerk of Councils without
additional remuneration
Until the Chief clutchip has been abolished. the salary
remain at its
8 present
should
figure: 6. the
In
question
raised
+
by the retrenchment committee
by theen
but not answered. Whether
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"the passing of all emigrants " should be placed under the Registrar General's department left as at present; and you state in your despatch
trigour
02
that the question is still XX under consideration
I have
noticed that M. Lockhart
in his evidence states that
in the Straits Settlements the
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to
Chinese, Who
Protector of the Pregistar General at Hongkong, dischayes this duty, and it toould for
my deepatch
of
no 199 J
the 28th November last
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refered
to
I have already
that
already referred to
д
subject in my despate No. 199. of the 28th
November last
• the
no 13.
In your despatch
7th of Jan: last, which I have just received, you shake that it is not proposed to mathe arry change at present in the arrangements for examination of emigrants, but that the matte will be further considered of anch when new
hands
Pfices
government have been built.
brew
James
Ond
grake accept this cometation Is for the time being, and in th Bregard to the future with out. Add that it would seem,
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Tthat the Pregistrar General
his officers, with their special Knowledge of this the harbour matter
be
巍
better
Crossithy Chinese might
than
qualified to protect
the interests of the busbour
This, thy Jermarket Moreover,
emigrants
But sad
瘫
transfer of duty would prosimally
relieve the harbour master's
the
department and facilitate! the abolition of assistant
harbour master, which has been definitely
already decided upon
On the other hand there
may be practicat difficutics
the transfer.
bay of I which I am not aware, were relieved
In suck a case however, and unless the Registrar
General's office
q
Work
M
So other duties, the
of the office
might there
wold be
x
increased at a time. When
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