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Onehunga July 11th 1866 My dear McLean I congratulate you upon becoming an M.G.A. which is merely a stepping stone to something more solid - I hope it may be so - I write to you now as an old friend to ask you to use your influence to get my position ameliorated - I am here as Resident Magistrate and Returning Officer with £325 per annum which is little enough you must allow for an officer of the Government who has served twenty three years. It certainly seems strange that other R.M. s with less work and responsibility got more pay - say - Coromandel and Raglan and others why should I be overlooked after my long and tried service for comparatively new men - I do not mind work in fact I should be glad to get more employment - I have written to the Civil Service Commissioners to look into my case - perhaps you would see Dr. Knight on the matter and do your best to help an old friend. O'Rorke will do all in his power so do what you can and I have no doubt that the Government will see that my request for an increase of salary is reasonable. Very sincerely yours John Jermyn Symonds D. McLean Esqre. M. G. A. There is a man here that is doing not much good, you will be surprised when I tell you it is Mohi - I have detected his character fully. He is a grasping, unscrupulous fellow. You know I have rather a talent for reading character - it did not take long to read his but I shall watch him. Waiapu September 1st./66
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3 pages written 1 Sep 1866 by John Jermyn Symonds in Onehunga to Sir Donald McLean, Inward letters - Surnames, Sym - Sym

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Key Value
Document date 1 September 1866
Document MCLEAN-1008803
Document title 3 pages written 1 Sep 1866 by John Jermyn Symonds in Onehunga to Sir Donald McLean
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 32675/Symonds, John Jermyn, 1816-1883
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1866-09-01
Decade 1860s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 17
Format Full Text
Generictitle 3 pages written 1 Sep 1866 by John Jermyn Symonds in Onehunga to Sir Donald McLean
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 32675/Symonds, John Jermyn, 1816-1883
Origin 65184/Onehunga
Place 65184/Onehunga
Recipient 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder 0057-0051
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 28
Tapuhiitemcount 2 14501
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Correspondents:Alithea Seymour Symonds, Auckland, 1867-1875, undated (11 letters); John Jermyn Symonds, Auckland, 1850-1875 (13 letters); Jane Symons, Goathurst Farm, 1853 (1 letter)
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 32675/Symonds, John Jermyn, 1816-1883
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0597
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward letters - Surnames, Sym - Sym
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-093
Teiref ms-1331-151
Year 1866

3 pages written 1 Sep 1866 by John Jermyn Symonds in Onehunga to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - Surnames, Sym - Sym

3 pages written 1 Sep 1866 by John Jermyn Symonds in Onehunga to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - Surnames, Sym - Sym

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