A
164
with me,
for his opinion on the
matter at issue. From the enclosed
memorandum, it will be seen that he entirely agrees with the high authorities by whose advice I have been guided. For the reasons mentioned above, I feel that ... is not
an
authority on the question.
But it is evident that the gentlemen
of the permanent Department cannot consistently object to the action which I have taken, as reported in my despatch No. 334, seeing that it is approved
by
the referee whom Kay appears to have recommended to your Lordship. It should perhaps
be further mentioned that, after
... gave up his Missionary
Work and clerical character, he
+ I should have myself suggested a reference to J Legge, the Chinese Professor at Oxford; but I find that, though learned in Chinese literature generally, and speaking Cantonese he knows nothing of the Official or Mandarin dialect. He became