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that they must apply themselves
solely
of an
to the career
Interpreter
and must expect
no promotion except
in that particular Branch. The "Interpretive
"Service" should
have a good status
in the Colony
that young gentlemen of good education
may
be induced
to
join it, and
the
salaries should be
progressive
and
sufficiently high to
reconcile
them
to their exclusion from
other Branches
of the Civil Service.
I
am
convinced
that the transformation
of the Hong Kong Cadetships into Hong Kong Interpreterships
on
the conditions above
mentioned
would
give great satisfaction
in
the Colony.
I hope the above
remarks will sufficiently show the gravity and
urgency of the question.
sufficiently high to reconcile