Should be answered to the effect that one of two alternatives must be adopted, either: Thomson's services must be dispensed with, or a new assistant must be appointed, his whole time to be paid for by the Government.
We cannot have both J. Thomson & a new assistant.
CG 27 ARK J7 271 Surgeon CP.d 1. May. at once S 37/5 No 69
The dir, Government House, March, "HongKong, 30th March, 1897.
I have the honour to again address you on the subject of the Medical staff of the Colony.
2. In the concluding paragraph...