Enclosure Nr. 1. to Gov. Desp. No 331/1907.
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Land Court.
Hongkong, 21st August, 1901.
Sir,
I have the honour to apply for the appointment of First Magistrate Hongkong in the event of the post becoming vacant.
2.
I enclose an extract from the Colonial Office List giving my record of Service up to September 1887, and also a table of my service in Hongkong since that date.
3.
I was called to the Bar Lincoln's Inn in Easter Term 1880, and have passed the final standard in three dialects of Chinese Tie-Chiu, Cantonese and Hokkien.
TO CECIL
UM CERLAIN, V.F.
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I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Jeffery
Registrar, Land Court.