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Trade and should then go out.
It
will be necessary to obtain the
concurrence of the Governor of Hong
Kong in this arrangement, and a
telegram has been sent to him for
that purpose.
Meanwhile, as Hole leaves
for Hong Kong on, I think, the 10th
November, it is urgently necessary to
go ahead with the preliminary arrange-
ments. I have provisionally arranged
with Hole, and also with Carter of the
Board of Trade, that a Selection Board
should be held on the 7th November. At
this Board candidates will be considered
from the following sources: -
(1) Retrenchees from the Colonial device.
(2) Unsuccessful candidates at the
last Board of Trade examination for
Engineer Surveyors.
(3) Men possessing the qualifica-
tions required by the Board of Trade
who sa