Extracts from data & papers
Q.S.C. Documents referred to in the above Annexed Application.
CS. ON 240 of 1868.
First Police Magistrate to Govt. of Hong Kong, 25th May, 1868.
Submitting applications for the vacant post of Hindustani Interpreter at the Magistracy.
4. Seth's son of a respectable Merchant and Broker resident here for eight years in Hong Kong and "about twenty years in China". The Applicant is young, being only 16 years old but appears older, and is in every respect capable of performing the duties required with the advantage of being "a good scholar."
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