ELEGRAMS, "AQUILE, LONDON?
ELEPHONE NO REGENT 4024 & 4025
ROYAL SOCIETIES CLUB,
140
55073
REC
Rea 8 NCV 20
ST. JAMES'S STREET,
S. W.
November 8th 1920
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt this day of your letter No.53832/1920 of the 6th instant, from which I
lote that the Governor of Hong Kong is unable to offer an nitial salary of more than £600 per annum for the post of
uperintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department.
I regret that I am unable to accept the appointment at is salary and that I must therefore withdraw my name as a ndidate for the post.
I have the Honour to be,
sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Under Secretary of State,
bittorre
Colonial Office,
Downing Street,s.W.I