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Mr. Wise presented himself for examination in Chinese on 25th ultimo, but failed to pass, and I beg leave to submit for favourable consideration the enclosed letter addressed by him to Your Lordship.
It is possible that when the condition of passing the examination was attached to his original appointment as Police Magistrate and subsequently to his appointment as Registrar, the great difficulty was not fully realized which a man of Mr. Wise's age must experience in acquiring competent knowledge of a language which is generally admitted to be of all languages the most difficult of acquisition. Mr. Wise entered the Service at the age of about 30 years, and having throughout his service had much of his time fully occupied in the performance of his public duties, he has necessarily been...
Enclosure
9th October 1893