shall receive the most careful
attentive.
3 The delay in the publication of
the Estimates to which
Mr Whitehead alludes, is a
common subject of reasonable
complaint and care will no
doubt be taken that in future
years the Estimates are placed
before the Council at an
earlier date.
4 The question of the procedure
adopted ... point was the
Governor's discretion, and
I am not inclined to
comment on either the substance or the
form of Mr Whitehead's representations.
Governor.
No. 1465 Date. 1896 22 Dec.
Last previous Paper,
Woodcock 288 22 Jan
No. Hongkong 1465 (Subject.)
Extension of Leave Six months
Received 352 DESPATCH.
C.O. 1495 Received 2/JAN 07
G. A. Woodcock.
... be granted. If his health is bad he should discontinue his
studies for the Bar.
Lord Selborne MURIAL (Minutes.)
Woodcock info & Feel Crown
Agent 4 Feb- 33.
Next subsequent Paper.
Send copy to M: Woodcock & Say that before sanctioning
the extension M. Chamberlain will ask whether or not he is
reading for the bar as the extension cannot be
granted for that purpose.
= This seems rather harsh but the Hongkong
Schoolmasters are all coming
to England then have to become barristers.
CPL 21 Jan See also 1466.
If his medical advisers think he ought not to go back you but that reading for the bar is compatible with health ... to ... at ... loved to ... for ... t abnue
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