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No.151.
hongkong.
uplicate
C. O. 333 25635
Part 16 JUL 06
My Lord,
You 25786
Government House,
Hongkong, 13th. June, 1906.
With reference to my despatch No.136 of the
31st. ultimo on the subject of the engagement for three
years of an additional Assistant Surgeon in the Medical
Department, I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that
Dr. Hartley has telegraphed from Bombay that the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company will not release him
from his agreement with them.
2. I shall therefore be obliged if Your Lord-
ship will request the Crown Agents to secure as soon as
possible the services of a qualified medical officer on
the terms of the annexed Particulars of office.
He should arrive here not later than the
middle of next September.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.
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I have the honour to be, My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
&C.
Governor,&