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d:
| long before Mr Clark arrived in the
Colory. Mr Clark replied that he must- apply to his boullung before he underleck
to de
any
work as
he believed I was
fuitting difficulties in his
༢༦༩༩
with
him out of the service.
vieur to Keeping
That I have
ever
alleged
Ao
ai
reason
for the so-called persecution the fact that by accepting the appontinent of Acting Assistant Surveyor General, Mr Clark had deprived me of Mr Bird's half-pay. I positively deries. Is it littely |
that I should have made such
statement ever.
if I had thought it?
On aw occasion on
Mr classe complaining
of my working him too hard, I believe I said that he could hardly expect me)
to undertake his work while he
drawing
the
pay.
that I believed he
I have also told him
Avas
informed in
£
down he
Shanghai that if he
would take
AM/
appointment which Quas.
temporarily filling. This is to what he
refers in his letter.
When temporarily holding Mr.
Bird's appromtment it
14/20
distinctly
understood that I should not be left without assistance after the setting in
of the building
(Day 101 November).
To this fact thave twice subsequently
officially referred. Tince His Excellency's tant Note8 of 28th January
980
was written
J
could have been in no
way
benefited
by Mr Clark's leaving the service, yet