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His sole claim to promotion, which he desired, as set forth by himself in his application, was that he had written an anonymous letter to the head of his Department, whereby some thousands of dollars had been added to the Colonial funds. The reason, however, why he was selected for this responsible post in the Harbour Department was that he was not considered efficient at the Treasury, and no other head of a Department would have him.
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clerk, in spite of the protests of Captain Barnes Lawrence (who
This clerk, who had had just joined the Department,) and myself. come to us as accountant and correspondence clerk, was admittedly deficient in knowledge of both English and Chinese, and came from a
His sole claim to pro- higher paid appointment at the Treasury. -motion, which he desired, as set forth by himself in bis applica- -tion, was that he had written an anonymous letter to the head of his Department, whereby some thousands of dollars had been added to the Colonial funds. The reason, however, why he was selected for this responsible post in the Harbour Department was that he was not considered efficient at the Treasury, and no other head of a Department would have him.
10. In 1906, after the death of Captain Barnes Lawrence, while I was at home on leave, and the officer acting as Harbour Master was a stranger to Hongkong and had no knowledge of the cir- -cumstances, charges were formulated against the then senior For-
Sir Henry May was -tuguese clerk in the Department, Mr Guterres. again acting as Governor. I have no knowledge of what were the being, as I preliminaries to the formulation of these charges, have said, absent from the Colony, but the Executive Council, after investigating the charges, suspended Mr Guterres, pending the deci-
This deci- -sion of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State. -sion was to the effect that the officer should be at once reinsta-
It was followed by a -ted, and was communicated by telegraph. despatch from the Secretary of State, which I have seen, and is no
Mr Guterres, doubt on record. It was received early in 1907. also, applied for, and was granted, his pension, after 39 years in the Department, immediately after his reinstatement, for the same reason as in Mr Alves' case.
11. On my return from leave in 1907, I found that all the Portuguese clerks in the Department, with the exception of Messrs Guterres and Botelho, had gone, and their places filled by Chinese. It is not too much to say that, in my opinion and experience, there
The former, when good, is no comparison between the two.
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were the five whom I found in the Department when I joined in 1899 being immeasurably superior to the latter, however efficient. The removal of of the Portuguese, and the substitution of Chinese
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