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Hong Kong, nor in the Malay Peninsula, Mr
Chamberlain agreed to the appointment of Mr
Wodehouse, which was strongly recommended by
yourself and Mr May.
(4) In your despatch No.148 of the 16th
April, 1901, you represented that the necessity
of restoring the post of Second Magistrate as
a permanent appointment was unavoidable, and
submitted applications from Messrs Hazeland
and Kemp for the appointment.
Mr Hazeland had been in the Government
service for 22 years; his experience had been
almost entirely in legal appointments, and he
had been called to the bar.
Mr Kemp had been in Hong Kong for a
little over two years; he had not been called
to the bar, and had not to quote your despatch
"as yet fulfilled either of the conditions laid
down" by Lord Knutsford as giving a cadet a
preferential claim to be appointed a police
magistrate.
It is difficult to see how Mr Kemp
could