To
in 1882, has held this
office for some time past.
I enclose
an
Enclosures 13th Nov 1890.
application from him requesting to be confirmed in it which I am happy to recommend. Mr Smith has
of
a
good knowledge
of
Chinese which is
very
essential for this post and is in other respects, well qualified to fill it. The
office is one
of comparatively
recent creation and I have not felt justified in
proposing
any
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increase of salary, but should I
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find, on further consideration, any
I will
reason to do so I will
inform Your Lordship
hereafter.
7.
I am not as yet in
position to address Your
Lordship in
regard to the
proposed
appointment of Assistant Postmaster General should Your Lordship see sufficient ground for maintaining it, but I shall endeavour to do so by early opportunity