Before this officer left
Hong Kong
in
kind
warning
you gave
friendly
disadvantage of
an
imprudent marriage,
and
nothing
here is of
to prevent
the Governor from doing
I consider it
But with some
This. But
taking
impossible
active steps to
prevent Government
Officers from marrying
and Therefore
will
I have
refrained from
mentioning
to you
The letter
telegram
201
addressed to M. Haggard
The reference
in your
to his contemplated
marriage
was 3. I would point out that as Mr. Haggard
has served
in H.M. service
since
1902
and
has had seven years
experience
living
at the cost of
the Colony,
he must be assumed to know whether he can
afford to marry
or
not