REG 0 JUL 14
Ewhurst, Surrey.
29 July, 1914.
The Under Sec, of State for the Colonies.
Sir,
I have received your letter of 23 July with much surprise as it relates to a matter which is purely personal to Mr. Suffiad and myself, and which was adjusted to our mutual satisfaction before I left the colony. I note also with regret that you assume the accuracy of the report which has been made to the Governor of Hongkong; it does not however represent in any way what occurred.
When I undertook the revision of the laws of the Colony it soon became apparent that the legislative side of the work - especially the Revision and Amending Ordinances - would involve an enormous amount of type-writing. I therefore suggested to Mr. Suffiad that if he cared to undertake it I would apply in due course for a special remuneration of 600 dollars, which was the amount granted to the gentleman who had assisted Sir J. Carrington during the previous revision. As the work lay outside the actual revision and was essentially Government work I considered the application was legitimate. When the work was nearing completion and its magnitude could be appreciated I approached the Governor on the subject, but to my surprise he took an unfavourable view of it. I told Mr Suffiad and suggested that he should complete the work and I would try again. I added that I certainly should not allow him to suffer if the application was finally refused. At no time was the work either undertaken or completed in consideration of any promise of payment on my part. The promise was purely an act of generosity and raised...
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REG 0 JUL 14
Ewhurst, Surrey.
29 July, 1914.
The Under Sec, of State for the Colonies.
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I have received your letter of 23 July with much surprise
as it relates to a matter which is purely personal to Mr. Suffiad and myself, and which was adjusted to our mutual satisfaction before I left the colony. I note also with regret that you assume the accuracy of the report which has been made to the Governor of Hongkong; it does not how
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When I undertook the revision of the laws of the Colony it soon became apparent that the legislative side of the work- especially the Revision and Amending Ordinances- would involve an endrmous amount of type-writing, I therefore suggested to Mr. Suffiad that if he cared to undertake it I would apply in due course for a special remuneration of
for thi 6oo dollars, which was the amount granted to the gentleman who had as- gisted Sir J. Carrington during the previous revision. As the work lay outside the actual revision and was essentially Goverment work I con- sidered the application was legitimate. When the work was nearing com- pletion and its magnitude could be appreciated I approached the Gover- nor on the subject, but to my surprise he took an unfavourable view of it. I told Mr Suffiad and suggested that he should couplete the work and I would try again, I added that I certainly should not allow him to surfer if the application was finaly refused, At no time as the work either undertaken or completed in consideration of any promise of pay→ ment on my part. The promise was purely an act of generosity and raised
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