Kunwledge,
A th
2
or at any rate if
qan-
A
Cadets is apportioned
I think it should be distinctly laid down that he is not necessarily to be regarded as having eventual claims to the post of
the Dep?
which ar
Head of we said in par. 7 of desp.
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the Cadets have a preferential claim? Reply to the above effect, but before deciding ask Sir G. des Voeux to say which of these Candidates,
he desires to recommend as
most fit for the duties
to which
being
of the office in question, as
200
indication an
& M. Fleming gives
he ought to have done.
Last M. Northcoth - one
the Candidates
See
par. 11 of Buc. 2
in 8687/94, where he was not recommended because his imperfect knowledge of Chinese "or for other reasons"
see also enc. 3 & par. 5 of the same Desp. 8687/24
as to the Cadets generally
Sug Gud 13 Jan. 91
Mr Fiddes
Please draft a reply 85213.1191
Possibly he may have
a
better knowledge
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For
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345
RECP
D.
232
REGS 3 JAN 31,
Government House,
Hongkong, 20th December, 1890.
My Lord,
Referring to paragraphs
4 and 7 of my despatch No. 411
of the 12th of November, I have
the honour to transmit to
Your
Lordship the applications noted
The Right Honourable,
Lord Knutsford, G.C.M.G.
&
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