r prepared to bring to the notice of Fanning that some of those on hand are still considered as acting and not effective list of the department, handwritten by K. do not consider him the Junior Command of the department, who is considered most fit, he has the charge of that department has ary dain to succeed to the headship of it during the stress the head of the Department, 1857 24.6.20
g Sir In Ammunity 388 preceding visits and I understand that it is now decided to appoint at once 2 Assistant Engineers and 2nd an Architect, and you may proceed (lection to follow) on the minute as at least one Engineer is urgently required.
But before drafting to the Governor I would ask your attention to Mr. Malade's certificates (including a strong one from Sir Andrew Clarke) from which it appears that Mr. I was at the Admiralty, many years ago and that between his employment there and his appointment to Kowloon, he was engaged as an Engineer. I have no interest in Mr. Maloch, but I don't think we can say ...
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