THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1882. 179
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 63.
CENTRAL SCHOOL.
The following copies of Extracts of Despatches are published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
M. S. TONNOCHY, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th February, 1882.
GOVERNOR SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G., TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY.
No. 117.
MY LORD,
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 28th July, 1881.
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Dr. LEGGE, who is now the Professor of Chinese at Oxford, in a paper he published some years ago touching on the non-success of the Cadet system in Hongkong to produce Officers who had any real knowledge of the Chinese language, pointed out that for the proper working of the Cadet system it was not merely necessary that the Cadets should have the somewhat rare power of being able to master the Chinese language, but that they should also have some sympathy with the Chinese race. I entirely concur with Dr. LEGGE, and believe that his observation applies with equal force to an appointment such as the Head Mastership in the Central School. No doubt Your Lordship would find very little difficulty in selecting for the vacant post some young University man with the necessary aptitude for learning a difficult language, but this equally important qualification is not so easy to test; and on that point, I venture to recommend Your Lordship to refer to Dr. LEGGE, whose experience at Oxford and thorough knowledge of the Chinese character and people would doubtless enable him to submit the names of a few suitable candidates for Your Lordship's consideration.
I enclose the usual particulars of the vacancy.
The Right Honourable
THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY,
I have, &c.,
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J. POPE HENNESSY.
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
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&c.,
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HONGKONG.
No. 146.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY TO GOVERNOR SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.
DOWNING STREET,
15th November, 1881.
SIR,-I have the honour to inform you that your despatch No. 117 of the 28th of July last was referred to Professor LEGGE, with a view to his selecting a gentleman qualified for the position of Head Master of the Government Central School, and that I have now appointed Mr. G. H. B. WRIGHT to that post, on the Professor's recommendation.
Mr. WRIGHT is an M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford, and has shown great interest and facility in the study of languages, being a Hebrew and Syriac Prizeman of his University, but is at present unacquainted with the Chinese language.
The Crown Agents have been desired to provide free passages for Mr. WRIGHT and his wife, on his signing the usual agreement, by the mail which leaves Brindisi on the 19th December next.
I have, &c.,
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KIMBERLEY.
S'c.,
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Governor SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.,
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