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application was
I understand inadmissible.
that my public
3.
regret
duty
Compels me to state
that all competent judges
regard Dr. Doberck as an inaptimate selection on the
part of
the Colonial Office
in London. The scientific attainments are sufficient for his post,
may
although he does not pretend
to an extensive knowledge
of
Mathematics; and he appears
to be active and Zealous. But
an inferior Englishman of
scientific attainments would
have been
more likely to have proved successful in
Dr. Doberck's present position; and it would have been far
better for the public service if
an Englishman,
or at least
a Breton, had been selected
from among the assistants
at one
of
the Government
Observatories. The success
of
The Meteorological observer at
must depend
mainly
on the hearty
Co-operation of the English Consuls
and
Commercial agents. ... have