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of actual postal work was slight. The
appointment was accordingly offered to Mr
L.A.M.Johnston, a cadet officer of over
thirteen years standing who had had con-
siderable experience of postal work in the
Straits settlements.
1899.
I do not think that the memorial
ists have at all strengthened their case by
including in the list of appointments of
which they complain, those numbered 1, 3,
5; and I have already dealt with the ques-
an
tion of transferring officers from the Malay
Peninsula to Hong Kong- But there are cer-
tain other considerations, suggested by
these appointments, which
affecti the claims of cadets to pre-
ference in regard to Government appointment 5.
The fact that an officer is a passed
cadet is not the onconsideration to be
on conside
weighed in judging his fitness for a vacant
appointment