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the Royal Engineer Department the~ reply of the Colonial Government offering the Services of Dr Eitel to do the work free of charge and the reply from the Assistant Military Secretary of 19th instant in which certain statements
the
are made as to Dr Eitel's alleged incapacity
to do such work. The Council unanimously
recommend
respecting
the
-an
Muilitary
services of
ar
application made Authorities
for
the
by
Officer of the Colonial
to translates a contract
Government to translates
from English into Chinese, the Governor would be glad, if you would-
His Excellency
invite the attention
The
of
Major-General to the following
letter to eve
sentence in
your
the 19th instant :-
that the following
letter be written by
the Colonial
"His Excellency
the
Secretary
Military Secretary.
Sir,
to the Assistant
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th October 1880.
Adverting
to the
correspondence
"You will kindly convey
Governor
of
to
the
"Major General's thanks for his " kind offer, of placing at his
JA
"disposal, free of charges,
the
services of Dr. Eitel, Chinese Secretary,
" for the purpose of translating