No. 54
Hongkong.
C.O.
533
20751
Government House, 27 Apr 02
Hongkong, 18th April, 1902.
7950
Sir,
With reference to my Despatch No. 31 of the 22nd January in which I notified the death of Commander Hastings, Postmaster-General, I have the honour to inform you that there are four applicants for the vacancy thereby created. They are Mr. E. C. Lewis, Assistant Postmaster-General, Mr. C. McI. Messer, member of the Cadet Service, Mr. A. Chapman, Government Assessor, and Mr. R. A. Q. Savage, Supervisor in the Post Office.
2. The written applications of Messrs. Lewis, Chapman, and Savage are transmitted herewith, and are submitted for your consideration. Mr. Lewis is a zealous and hard-working Officer and deserves credit for the manner in which he has directed the Post Office during the late Captain Hastings' absence on leave and illness. Mr. Chapman has proved himself a capable Officer as Government Assessor. The application of Mr. Savage, who has only very recently joined the Service as a Postal Supervisor, does not in my opinion merit serious consideration.
3. The office of Postmaster-General should, I consider, be filled if possible by a Cadet, and it has, in...
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&c. &c.
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