Her brother states that the assistant is required to be at work this week at all hours of the day.
"It seems to me that things could hardly go on under another mistress. It has been suggested that the successor should be required as a condition of appointment to marry Miss D, but we cannot insist on that.
I see no use in conferring a permanent appointment for another 2 years; I would be inclined to write fully to the late promising candidate, and say that the nature of the work renders it undesirable to appoint Miss Toberch permanently.
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Sir,
Government House, Hong Kong 10 December 1892.
1538/91.2
With reference to Lord Knutsford's dispatch 152 of the 26th February 1892, I have the honour to recommend that the appointment of Miss Toberch as Assistant Meteorologist.
The Right Honourable,
Joseph Chamberlain, M.P.