in March last, because the question of ar. interpretation department was still unsettled: now he is proposed as Interpreter general: Surely, he camust
hold both offices.
and if he gives
If the afpointment of Insfection of
иер
Schools
then the education question
becomes reopened again
It is of course possible that he should
as Inspector of schools. Suferintende
the studies of the cadets 2
I there by
improve their powers of interpretation
he might even as on special occasions ん
be called upon himself to interpret
and receive fees accadingly - but their is widely different from the great scheme of an Interpreter general. And further he could not be allowed to Continue to act as a kind of Secretary to the
Governor
of more regular officials.
Chinese
to the exclusion
I do not belike myself that this great
:
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rage for Chinese speaking and writing is an anmixed good:
the
practice of
publishing translating the government
gazette into Chinese has been intro-
for instance; and
that ∙duced & ant in a late case,
^
of the actinowledgement to the Chinese petition in favor of m: Hennessy,
it has caused great inconveniend. He majesty was pleased to receive "it very graciously" appears in Chinese
it "had afforded Her Majesty
as
if
unbounded delight" - This caused considuable annoyance
a
the colony,
but the system may lead to much more serious results
if the interpreters
are to be in great measure translators
Chinese
into nd out
I see it is intended that of? Eitel shall take an active part in interpretation I'm the counts: as in the London & Ekra Telegraph of 14 th inst it is stated