CO129-049 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1855 [1-4] — Page 85

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Auropian who could with equal neatimu make himself undercted by natives

the adjacent province

who

or who do

thoroughly

apprehended the multiform provincialion that constitute the patois of the mised

Chincu inhabiting on frequenting

naeu

or

His Colon. He interpreting the Malay

Luguage he

like

to cujoy facility and he posuerus in addition

a mint nuful Knowledge of Portuguese and Hindoostance

With regard to his capability translaton. I cannot speak in such confident tevens, sohen Jam on the

spot

hands

most Chincu documents connected

with this office pace through my

hand I do not troubh Mr. Caldwell to

1

travelate them unter an Anglich

of

frequent

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vercion be required for the information the Lieut. Sovernor which is not n recuneus: but he informs me that he has of late applied himself to obtain a Kundledge of the written language of China and that he can with the help of a thacker transfer

Mic

ordinary document from the language to the other with full faith

in the correctness of his rendering. –

On reply to your

last question

I have to state that as far

as caube

recertained from the records

the records of this Office Me faldwell entered the Goverminent Service as deterpreter to the Chief Magistrate on a Salary of

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