166
114
-Student- Interpreters, where several
spartment:
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Cadet in
vacant.
Are now vacan
Mr. May, a very promising.
his second.
year,
Came
to
Hongkong recently from Canton to pass his periodical examination before the Board. I found that he was
himself very desirous of proceeding; and that, if advantage was to be taken of Sir Harry Parkes' offer, an immediate decision was imperative, for the river at Tientsin, the port of Peking, is
generally frozen over about the end
of
November, when access is cut off during several months. Moreover, Mr.
Everard, one
of the members of the
British Legation at Peking, happened
to be on a visit to Hongkong, and ... offered to take Mr. May back with
him.
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Under all the circumstances
stated in this, and in my previous
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despatch, N. 140, it appeared to be
obvious duty to anticipate Your Lordship's decision by authorizing Mr May to proceed to Peking with Mr Everard. I annex a copy of the
instructions