No 428
809
376
REG 8 JAN 12
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 15th. December, 1911.
18 08/11/12
Enclosure
Sir,
Referring to paragraph 4 of my Despatch No.
415 of 8th. December, 1910, and in connection with my Despatch
No. 427 of even date, I have the honour to submit for your
approval the name of Mr. C. W. Jeffries, First Assistant, for
promotion to the post of Chief Assistant in the Observatory at a
salary of £360 rising by triennial increments of £30 to £420
with effect from 14th. of next June.
2.
In this connection I enclose a letter dated
25th. November from Mr. T. F. Claxton, Director Designate, to-
-gether with a covering minute by Mr. F. G. Figg. On receipt of
his communication I requested Mr. Claxton to state whether he had any specific objection to Mr. Jeffries' promotion. To this he
replied in a minute under date bth. December which I enclose.
Mr. Claxton advances no specific objection:
on the other hand Mr. Figg states that Mr. Jeffries has since
last January acted as Chief Assistant to his entire satisfaction; the fact too that he has had four years local experience appears
to me a strong argument in favour of his appointment in prefer-
-ence to an officer who has no such experience.
3.
Subject to your approval therefore of Mr.
Jeffries' promotion I have to request that steps may be taken to
fill the post of First Assistant and I enclose in duplicate
papers
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
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&c.,
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