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with officera originally appointed as Cadets for any post for
which your qualifications render you suitable". My position
will have reverted to that indicated when I was informed"your
status is not that of a Cadot Officer, and consequently you
have no claim to any Cadet Officer's appointuent other than
that which you at present hold".
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In conclusion I respectfully beg that my claims
to the appointments of Colonial Tresurer, Registrar General
and First Wagistrate may be recognized; and if it is consider-
ed necessary that I should have further experience of the
working of these Departments, that I may be given opportunities
of acquiring it.
I attach a diagram shewing the longth of ser-
vice after which the Hong Kong Cadet Officera senior to me
obtained first class appointments; also the comparative lengtha
of service of Mesars Messer, Hallifax and myself.
I regret deeply that I have been compelled to
trouble Your Lordship with so detailed u statoment, und trust
that the necessity, by which I have felt constrained, of quoting
in every case the authority for my statements, may be accepted
as an excuse for the length of this memorial.
I have the honour to be,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
Coward Irving Собы
Director of Education.