AGENTS
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COLONIES
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CROWN
ALL COMMUNICATIONS
TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE
CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,
THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE AND THE
ATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED,
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TELEGRAMS: "CROWN LONDON''.
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ENCLOSURES.
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4, MILLBANK,
LONDON, S.W.1,
Sir,
RECEIVED £ 15 NOV 1933
C. O. REGY
14th November, 1933.
With reference to your letter No. 13799/33 of
the 31st October and previous correspondence, regarding
the selection of candidates to fill two vacancies for
Assistant Government Marine Surveyors (Engineer
Surveyors) in the Government Marine Surveyor's Office,
Hong Kong, I have the honour to state that in view of
the fact that the maximum age limit for candidates for
appointment as Engineer and Ship Surveyor to the Board
of Trade is 40 years, and Commander Hole expressed
preference for men under 35, we considered it desirable
to eliminate from the field of possible candidates all
retrenched Marine Engineers over 40, whose names appear
in the list which accompanied the semi-official letter
from Mr.S.Robinson, (Proms.691 of the 6th July) and
submitted to the Board of Trade the papers of Messrs.
J. Fraser, W.E.G. Wallace and J.F. Dunlop, with the
request that prior consideration should be given to
these candidates, although their qualifications may not
be so good as those of candidates without previous
Colonial experience, but none of them was considered
suitable.
2. We have, therefore, in conjunction with Mr.
W. McAuslan, I.S.O., (Engineer Surveyor-in-Chief, Board
The Under Secretary of State,
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COLONIAL OFFICE,
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