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burdened heart, so
heavily
stricken by the authorities fully realizes how inconvenent,
annoying
all these
and monotonous
volummous letters.
and plane speaking must be; but the action of my
superiors compels
to
Je
defend myself, and having to deal with facts I must
add the followmg.
The letter addressed to
me from the Colonial Office
be
of date 3rd June might supposed to give Comtenance. to the belief that it was
ownig
to
my
letter
of the
17th May that Sir George Bowen's connection with Hong Kong
"Came
are
to an
end"; but this
cannot be so if the evidently inspired announcements
true which appeared the Times, the Standard and the Daily Telegraph of 24th June couched in there
words"
"The Queen has been
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pleased to approve of the appointment of Sir
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Well Des Voeux RMG Governor of Newfoundland
as
wee
in the
Government of Hong Kong to the Rt. Hon Su George F. Bowen G. 6. M.G., who
as was
cenced m
annou
January last retires from that Government on the expiration of his leave of absence
The following day's Times
has this
additional statement:
"With reference.
retirement
of
to the Sir George
F. Bowen pom the Governorship of Hong Kong
it will be remembered
that the late Sir George Strachan had been appointed to succeed Su G Bowen at Hong Kong
and on the sudden death officer Sie
of
that
Sir Georg
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