CO129-323 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1904 [6-7]

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40.8
33155 Supreme Court,
Hong Kong,
the
17 August 1904.
My Lord.
4

I sincerely regret that after a period of
nearly 20 years of public service in this Colony. I
should feel obliged to address your Lordship in the
nature of a complaint and also of appeal, but the
recent appointment of Mr F.H. Kemp, passed Cadet, to be
Deputy Registrar and Appraiser of this Court in the
place of Mr A. Seth, now Registrar, thus taking prece-
dence over me the Deputy Registrar and Accountant, and
giving Mr Kemp the higher legal work, has left me no
resource but to appeal to your Lordship and to place
the facts on which I base my own claims to preferment
before you and to ask for your most kindly consider-
ation.

2.
The appointment of Mr Kemp to be Deputy
Registrar and Appraiser has taken me completely by

To the Right Honourable,
The Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Downing Street,
London.
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C

40.8

33155 Supreme Court,

Hong Kong,

the

17 August 1904.

My Lord.

4

I sincerely regret that after a period of

nearly 20 years of public service in this Colony. I

should feel obliged to address your Lordship in the

nature of a complaint and also of appeal, but the

recent appointment of Mr F.H. Kemp, passed Cadet, to be

Deputy Registrar and Appraiser of this Court in the

place of Mr A. Seth, now Registrar, thus taking precedence over me the Deputy Registrar and Accountant, and

giving Mr Kemp the higher legal work, has left me no

resource but to appeal to your Lordship and to place

the facts on which I base my own claims to preferment

before you and to ask for your most kindly consideration.

2.

The appointment of Mr Kemp to be Deputy

Registrar and Appraiser has taken me completely by

To the Right Honourable,

The Secretary of State for the Colonies,

Downing Street,

London.

surprise

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