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Communications on this subject should be addressed to—
TAX ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY
(APPOINTMENTS),
COLONIAL OFFICE,
LONDON, SW.1,
and the following Number quoted
AJOR FILL
24/2/23
00.7821/23
Phong khong
منی
Downing Street,
L
26 FEB.
Sir,
م في
159
1923
D of D
I am desired by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to request
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au 256 you to inform the Army Council that an application for appointment to the
Colonial Service has been received from
(Warrant officer)
(class
Sergeant major Alexander White Army Education Comps
employed at the Jawnion
His G. Delisle, Honghong.
The Secretary of State would be obliged if the Army Council would cause
him to be furnished with as full a report as possible upon the service and
qualifications of this candidate, to assist in determining the degree of his suitability
for Colonial Government appointments as compared with those of other candidates
from the various branches of His Majesty's Service. The report should as far as
possible give information as to the candidate's experience and capacity as an
officer; powers of leadership; lasi in dealing with subordinuics; capacity for
work: physical fitness: personal habits and intellectual ability. If the office
question has any special aptitude for, or experience of, any administrative, legal,
or police duties, or of work likely to fit him for the financial departments of a
Colonial Government. 6.g. the Treasury, Audit, or Customs Services, it would
ka-of grond advantage if this could be fully brought out.
The Secretary
War Office.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
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