to Hong Kong would postpone things indefinitely, I trust you will excuse my writing to you.
I have the honour to be
Your Bedient Servant
Gaston Pide margin
Dear Mr. de Martin,
31 December
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I have received.
30th inst. & I think I can sa
not prejudice your
letter of the your fely say you!
would
chances of a transfer by
acking for permission to apply for work outside
the Colonial Service.
would not be prepared to
The S. of S.
make a
any app
lication on
your
be half for
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Inspectorship in the Education Office
but
:
if you
wrote an
application &
forwarded i
GK>Q &;
unded it unde
rcover
it - with a brief
Hong Kong.
of a letter to this office, there would, I think,
be no objection to forwarding it
statement of your service in
It would not be possible to recommend
your application - for
a?
you
recommendations (such
desire) are never
Believe
given.
me,
Yours truly,
(2d.) L. C. Macnaghten.