stating that I was capable of
auditing
the accounts of any
Company,
re
and appointed Government Auditor of
Railway
accounts in Ceylon,
this appointment I did not take up (the climate being unsuitable for children)
Sti's Grace then sent me into the General Post Office in London to qualify
as Assistant
Postmaster General of HongKong, and on his receiving
Certificate from the Secretary of the General Post Office
London that I was
capable, appointed me
fully
Assistant Postmaster General
of Hong Kong, adding "the
Pay
is small but promotion
is rapid"
In 1875 I.V. Mitchell
the then Postmaster General,
nothing of this post Sand M
Maal Correos or for
BAT ERAN Discover
Seng
retired. I.V. Lister told me
himself, that he was so
certain I should get the Post, that he did not apply for it, tho' in London at the
time and strongly urged
by Sir Richard MacDonald but to his astonishment
the Post was
given to him,
he had never been inside
a Post Office in his life, and I had to instruct
him in his duties -
Previously during the whole
time Mr Mitchell was
Acting Police Magistrate, I virtually managed the Post Office, Mr Mitchell simply signing Letters written by
me, and cheques,
and attending only
on the
Receipt of dispatch of the
Contract Mails - In 1882