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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 1897, 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 1899, and have passed the final standard in three dialects of Chinese, Tie-Chiu, Cantonese and Hokkien.
I have the honour to be,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.
80.
&c. &c.
Sir,
Your most obedient,
Humble servant,
A. F. H. INPPECT
Member, Land Court.