CO129-080 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [1-3] — Page 407

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was to be made for any person who had not learnt Chinese.

The position of the Colony nevertheless at the present moment is as unsatisfactory in this respect as it well could be. There is not an officer of the Government (Interpreters excepted) who even understands Chinese.

The Interpretership of Supreme Court has been vacant for nearly a year. Salary £400.

The office of Registrar General and Protector of Chinese has been vacant for over two months, and I am unable to find a qualified Gentleman who will accept either post.

The nine or ten Interpreters at present in the employment of the local Government are either Chinese or Portuguese - persons of no position - and who have neither education nor sufficient knowledge of the English language to qualify them for their important and most responsible duties.

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4 was to be made for any person who had not learnt Chinese. The position of the Colony nevertheless at the present moment is as unsatisfactory in this respect as it well could be. There is not an officer of the Government (Interpreters excepted) who even understands Chinese. The Interpretership of Supreme Court has been vacant for nearly a year. Salary £400. The office of Registrar General and Protector of Chinese has been vacant for over two months, and I am unable to find a qualified Gentleman who will accept either post. The nine or ten Interpreters at present in the employment of the local Government are either Chinese or Portuguese - persons of no position - and who have neither education nor sufficient knowledge of the English language to qualify them for their important and most responsible duties.
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4

was to be made for any person who had not learnt chinese.

The rosition of

the Colony

nevertheless at the present

moment is as

in this

unsatisfactory

respect as it well could be. There is not an officer of the Government Interpreters excepted) who even understands chinese.

the

The Interpretership of Supreme Count has been

vacant for nearly a year.

Salary £400.

The office of Registran beneral ways's

Salary

and Protector ofathimere has been vacant for

over two mouths,

and I am unable to find

qualified Gentleman who will

accept of

either

port.

The

Mine

or ten Interpreters at present in the employment of

local fovernment

the

are either

chinere

Portuguese - persons

of

no position - and who have neither education nor

sufficient

Knowledge of

the English

language to qualify them for their important and most

responsible dulle

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