2
I also enclose the copy of
Enclosure No 2
a. memo:
which has been laid before
me
by the Colonial
Secretary, with
a
report made by Dr Legge in
En closure 4.3
£1
entitle him to all praise, and which. I trust
may
in such cases receive the rewards which the service
holds out
1866, relative to the proficiency and ability at
that period displayed by Mr. Russell.
this
myself
I have much satisfaction
For
bearing testimony to the proof afforded by the case of
gentlemaw, as in that of Mr becil Smith, of the success which has attended the experiment of selecting Candidates for the Colonial Civil Service by examination in England, and subsequently completing here their training in Chinese literature.
14.
It also affords
me much
much gratification
to state that Mr. Russell has qualified himself
for office with an
ability and industry which
5.
Hee has already exhibited considerable
aptitude and Capacity for the position and duties
of
Police Mo
Magistrate, and has shown that he
has thoroughly mastered all the "Lex loci"
and much more than the routine duties of...
that office. -
has been
General,
amy
Heis decisions too, when there
occasion for reference to the Attorney
have in
- invariably been upheld, whilst his knowledge of the Chinese language and
habits has enabled him to administer
justice
more completely and satisfactorily than has
been effected during my
administration by
any
other Police Magistrate except Mr. May.