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Minute by the Colonial Secretary to the Registrar General.
You know more about Me Irving than I do. I should say he was quite sympathetic.
Minute by lir Brevin, Registrar General
to Colonial Secretáry.
(27th March, 1908.)
T03, Mr Irving is quite sympathetic, and gets on well with the leading Chines0. They will be pleased to hear he is to act during my absence.
Minute by His Excellency the Governor.
(28th March,' 1908.)
Approved.
In this correspondence I desire to draw
attention to the following points, for reasons which I shall
make plain later:-
(a)
(b)
In the Colonial Secretary's original propom
sals,
the acting appointment of Postmaster
General was assigned to Mr Wolfe over my head,
though he is many years my junior,
The ignorance of my character, which the
Colonial Secretary expressed himself as having,
though he had twice seen my work as Registrar
General.
Later in 1908, upon the death of the Postmaster
General Mr Johnston, the Colonial Secrotazy, Mr May, telephon-
ed to me,
and asked me whether I was a candidate for the va
cant post. He explained that in his opinion Mr Messer hud
superior claims, and that therefore he could not recommend
me.
He added that if I pressed what claims I had, it might