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previous corres ondence, you will find that Er. Kong vas persona prute to the Hong Kong Government, boing a
comercial man and a ritish-born subject. He is of Cantonese origin and not a native of Iwangsi province. His appointment was made by the Canton Goverment,
of which at that time Barshal Li Chai-sun was the head.
3. Since Mr. Long assumed duty, the Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Pong has worked satisfactorily without any hitch and without say political tavuble. Loreover, there has been an
agreeable respite from the peculation and general corruption for which this office had previously been
notorious,
Li
Overything; wus working smoothly, when on the 1st May a certain Jr. wu kin (A) 36 Hulien) was
introduced to the acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs
in this Colony by one of the Chinese members of my Legislative Council, and stated that the Manking Government had appointed him to take charge of the
Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong. Jr. au produced credentials (in Chinese) from the Board of
Communications at Nanking. On the matter boing
submitted to me, I directed that Er. Wu should be
informed that a formal request for a change in the appointment of Superintendent of the Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong should be addressed to me by the
Chinese Government through yourself, and that pending
such procedure Dr. Rong must remain at his post.
Nevertheless, on the 13thay, hr. Bu appears to have
notified