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It does not appear to no that Mr Hallif.x can be "regarded as qualified" since he has not passed the test prescribed by the Secretary of State. The fact of his having ucted for short periods in Honglong is not a qualification, and the Magisterial duties in the New Territory ure I presume auch 1083 ouercus than those of the First Megistrute hero.
In the minute qucted above the Colonial
Secretary reported three officers ac toing qualified to
fill the post of Pirot Magistrate, Mr Hallifax, myself ond
Mr Haseland; and be ranked our coupurative claims in that
Now I venture to assert that heroin he was wroDE
order.
by his own shoving.
tabular form.
The points can conveniently be put in
QUALIFICATIONS.
IRVING.
HALLI PAK.
HAZELAND.
1.
Knowledge
of Cantonese.
Yes.
Yo3.
Yea.
Barrister,
or Passed in Law.
Yes.
No.
Yoo.
5.
Jadet.
Ye3.
Yea.
No.
fications.
Thus, I miono had the three necessary qualá--
Nevertheless, my superiority on this point was
overveighod, in the opinion of the Colonial Secretary by
two special qualificuticns, which he states that Mr Hallifax
They are, "he is an exceedingly able officer"
possessed.
and "has given geat satisfaction in his Magisterial and
administrative work in the New Territories". On the first
point it is unnecessary to attempt to establish a comparison
between Mr Hallifaç' ability as an officer and my own, since
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