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No 48/6.
Sir,
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Government foPR 01
Hongkong, 8th March, 1901.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your telegram of the 23rd ultimo, and to inform you that subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, I will appoint Mr Irving.to be Inspector of Schools in this Colony, such appointment to date from the 1st of May by which date Mr Irving should arrive in Bongkong.
I have etc.,
(sa) H. A. BLAKE.,
HIS HONOUR
THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING
THE GOVERNMENT,
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
SINGAPORE.,
Governor, &C.,