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or as
·
beginning of September next, to arrive in Hongkong at the commencement of the cold season, instead of remaining a full year in
London; and
me
you request
to consider whether it
is desirable that the practice
of Keeping Hong Kong. Cadets
to
in England for a year, study Chinese should be study
continued.
2.
In obedience to
Your Lordship's commands,
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I have consulted the only two officers at present in
the Colony, who have had
experience of
namely,
the
system,
Mr Stewart Lockhart,
and Mr Sercombe Smith. I
closures 12 enclose their Reports, from
Tothy 19th May.
1988. which it will be seen
that the former is in favour
of
the continuance of the present practice, and the. - latter is opposed to it.
3.
Of Cadets were to
be employed as interpreters
only
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