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course
contend that this
consideration is so
· paramount that it should under all circumstances
prevail, but I consider it of great importance when,
7 as in
the
there is a
present instance,
thoroughly competent and eligible
civil servant available for
a
vacancy
in the civil
service.
.7.
The other consideration;
which is of
even
greater importance, is the indispensability of a knowledge of Chinese by the head of the Police. The late Major-General Gordon had many qualifications for
that
office,
but he would
unquestionably have met
with more success.
Ad
Captain Superintendent if he had not been ignorant of Chinese. To be a thorough, efficient head of the Force,
it is essential that the
Captain Superintendent
should