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for

ome

of the sons of the Bishop, to

・ whom Mo" Wilson says that he had

written offering him the post of Asistant Engineer for his son if

qualified

give a

give

on arrival here. Nothing

better

op

Can

idea of Mr Wilson than

his putting forward such a

and nothing shows

how

more

grievance.

completely

earelys he is as to the Public

interests.

48. The youth in question

is

merely learning the

rudiments of his pufesion.

host

and the

offered him by Mr Wilson, on the strength of which offer young

M. Alford has actually post

here, is a

Come out

which does not exist

und never had any permanent existence. because the duties attached to it were

merely the temporary supumcision of the Howloon Sea-wall, one of M2 Wilson's structures over which the waters of the harbor are now rolling.

49. The actual administration of various Governments, for nearly twenty years. has fumiliarized

me with

muny

singular griw mas, but I confess that

this is more

Singular than

my

any yet brought to

notice and only to be matched by the singularity of Mo?" Wilson himself not seeing its abounity

50. Mr Wilson, however, seems to think he

ought to find some recison

to prove, that independent of the merito