Enclosure 1.
10
prospective appointment of
a
Committee
of enquiry
into the expenditure of the Colony, to recommend.
compliance with his application.
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I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
William Doberck
Director
Hongkong Observatory
29th August 1893
No 67
My
Lord Marquess
One
of
the reasons for
the late increase in the staff
of assistants in this Observatory was the fact that it had hitherto been impossible for
me to take any leave of absence.
2. In future I could arrange to take leave of absence sometimes if Mr Figg were allowed to act for me.
Mr Figg was appointed in 1883.
The Right Honourable
The Marquess of Ripon
&
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for the Colonies