A.
Registration Staff.
A senior officer, well versed in the
franchise requirements, will be needed to organize
the whole of the registration.
Deputy registration officers will be
required for (1) each ward for the Chinese electors
and (ii) for an office on each side of the harbour
for non-Chinese electors.
In the absence of knowledge of the number
of electors one can only guess what junior staff will
be required either at the central office or in the
ward offices.
I should say that there must be at the
central registration office one man, preferably
European, with a first class knowledge of the whole
of the Municipal Area and with the ability to speak
Chinese fluently. (One had hoped that this most
important post might be filled by Mr. Brewer). There
must also be a first class interpreter, a stenographer
and two or more clerks able to type.
The deputy registration officers in the
wards must be intelligent officers with good know-
ledge of their respective districts and of sound
judgment and the ability to make decisions.
They
will have to familiarize themselves with the terms
governing the franchise, and be able to assist
persons to fill up their forms of application.
On these officers will rest the
responsibility of deciding whether a person's
qualifications are in order or whether the
application for registration must be rejected.