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glad
I
thall be
fliar
you will uniform and whether the subscriptions
from the Chinese popul-
ation towards the suffort
of this hospital continue
to be as
liberal
an
asserme
beretofore. I should also
that, the Registration off be glad folum of.
the Deaths, as refered
Thor 6 of
to mih my despatch
No.43 of the 19th
of February, 1897,
has
been carefully, camid out than
nor.
No.
3h 48.
1898
5 Feb
previous Paper.
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ubsequent Paper.
DESPATCH.
Hong Kong
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No.
6908
(Subject.)
Appt. of P. Wodehouse.
as First Clerk in Registrar-Gent's Dept. Submit's explanation.
(Minutes.)
M. Lucas
The explanation of Sir a for giving this appointment
W. Robrison's reason.
to Mh. Wodehouse seems
sufficient. But
I do not know that the question of salary is disposed of. Ishould suggest replysts that the s. ofs. approves of th. Wodehouse affouitment brit still considers that the salary offered should be $1200 peramum, ming to $1,800, as proposed by the Retrenchment Committee. 1.F.29/3
? Reply that W. (hamberlain under
the
Ent.
regents the circês approves
Wodchouse's appt. but regrets that he cannot modify Conditions laid down in par. 30% deepti in 275, adding however, that