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on sick leave
as
reported in my Deepatch
Ne 151 of the 24th September last.
I beg to recommend to
you for the
permanent appointinent thus vacated,
Mr Cecil Smith whose acting
appointment
Registrar General on Aber Turner's departure
notified to you in my Despatch Ne 159 of the 12th
October lash.
During the three months which
Mer Smith has carried on the duties of the Department he has proved himself equal to the position, and there is no
in the Civil Sence of the
other officer
Colony popissing the necessary-
qualifications for
I
the post
enclose a return containing
A Z..
the
information called for by the you cast of the Colonial Regulations, and have at: the same time to state that the persons filling this office have been always selected by the Governm
If confirmed, Mer Smith will
I presume be entitled to the full Salary of the office from the 24th October, the day of
Mer Turner's death, and
course his allowance as a
from that date of
badet will cease.
Mer Smith will I believe be able
now very shortly to pass his final in Examination in the Chinese language, and
I trust the early date at which he has obtained
a
of
high appointment in the livil Service the Colony through his close application to his studies, will stimulate and encoura &