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Mr.Gent,
Mr. Ellis,
As I said in my minute of 29th
January, Hong Kong needs one of our best
men as Auditor, especially during the next
few years, when, I hope, a serious attempt
will be made to place the financial admini-
stration of the Treasury and the other
Expending and Revenue Collecting Departments
in Hong Kong on a proper basis.
Sir C.Clementi in his despatch of
7th January (No.6 in 72768/30) expresses the
hope that I shall favourably consider Mr.
Dallin for Mr. Phelips' vacancy as Auditor.
I am quite unable to recommend Mr.Dallin for
this post; and, in my opinion, it would be
difficult to make, among the men with con-
siderable service in the Colonial Audit
Department, a more unsuitable selection.
Mr.Dallin has been far too long in Hong Kong,
to which he was appointed in 1910 after some
3 years service in Southern Nigeria and some
three years service in the Exchequer and
Audit Department. As Mr.Phelips told me when
I saw him on 27th February, Mr.Dallin is
detested by everyone in the Hong Kong Audit
Office owing to his bullying manner to the
Subordinate Staff a manner which is the reverse reverse of that which he shows to the higher
officers of the Cadet Service, the Colonial
Secretary and the Governor. This is no new
development, as he was adversely reported
on when in Nigeria for lack of tact, especially
when