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the Colonial Office. as an Assistant Foreman of Boring Machinery on The Tytam Water Works.
From this report it
will be seen that Mr. Holden is
totally unfit to undertake the duties for which he was appointed to discharge. As he is altogether destitute, I have reluctantly determined, with the advice of the Executive Council, to send him home at the
expense of the Colony.
3.
It is hoped that for the
future greater
care will be
taken in the Medical examination
of persons sent out to Hongkong, as cases like the present give rise to much public dissatisfaction,
and cause
great delay and
inconvenience to the Public Service, in addition to involving the Colony in considerable and apparently avoidable expense.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Bowen