Government House, Hongkong, 18th January, 1909.

In reply to paragraph 3 of Your Lordship's Despatch No. 304 of the 11th ultimo, I have the honour to report the following cases have recently occurred in this Colony in which an Officer has been called upon to discharge the duties of 2 distinct offices, neither of which was his own while the duties of his OWN post were being performed by another Officer:-

1. From 20th March to January 14th, Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne has acted as Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, and Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, his substantive post as Chief Clerk at the Magistracy being held by Mr. Bowen Rowlands. These arrangements were made necessary by the absence on leave of Mr. R. H. A. Craig, Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, and by the appointment of Mr. J. H. Kemp to act as First Police Magistrate for such period as Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz acted as ...

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Government House, Hongkong, 18th January, 1909.

In reply to paragraph 3 of Your Lordship's Despatch No. 304 of the 11th ultimo, I have the honour to report the following cases have recently occurred in this Colony in which an Officer has been called upon to discharge the duties of 2 distinct offices, neither of which was his own while the duties of his OWN post were being performed by another Officer:-

1. From 20th March to January 14th, Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne has acted as Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, and Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, his substantive post as Chief Clerk at the Magistracy being held by Mr. Bowen Rowlands. These arrangements were made necessary by the absence on leave of Mr. R. H. A. Craig, Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, and by the appointment of Mr. J. H. Kemp to act as First Police Magistrate for such period as Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz acted as...

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Government House, Hongkong, 18th January, 1909.

In reply to paragraph 3 of Your Lordship's Despatch No. 304 of the 11th ultimo, I have the honour to report the following cases have recently occurred in this Colony in which an Officer has been called upon to discharge the duties of 2 distinct offices, neither of which was his own while the duties of his OWN post were being performed by another Officer:-

1. From 20th March to January 14th, Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne has acted as Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, and Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, his substantive post as Chief Clerk at the Magistracy being held by Mr. Bowen Rowlands. These arrangements were made necessary by the absence on leave of Mr. R. H. A. Craig, Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, and by the appointment of Mr. J. H. Kemp to act as First Police Magistrate for such period as Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz acted as...

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Government House, Hongkong, 18th January, 1909.

In reply to paragraph 3 of Your Lordship's Despatch No. 304 of the 11th ultimo, I have the honour to report the following cases have recently occurred in this Colony in which an Officer has been called upon to discharge the duties of 2 distinct offices, neither of which was his own while the duties of his OWN post were being performed by another Officer:-

1. From 20th March to January 14th, Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne has acted as Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, and Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, his substantive post as Chief Clerk at the Magistracy being held by Mr. Bowen Rowlands. These arrangements were made necessary by the absence on leave of Mr. R. H. A. Craig, Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, and by the appointment of Mr. J. H. Kemp to act as First Police Magistrate for such period as Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz acted as...

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