387
to
Government Officer,
any I trust I shall not be thought presumptuous if I respectfully ask to be placed on the same footing with regard to promotion
as
if I had come here as a cadet, subject of course to my making such progress in Chinese as the
very limited time at my
disposal allows.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord.
Your Lordship's most obedient
humble servant,
William Du Hon Hutchison.
"Enclosure No. 1 in Head Master's Letter No: 28 of 15.5.83.
Extract from letter
by
the
Head master to the Colonial
Secretary, dated 19th February 1883."
I cannot speak in too high terms of Mr Hutchison's qualifications, of punctuality, discipline, method, and diligence,
and therefore simply record the fact that the results of the last Examination (annual) in his class were remarkably
above the average."