CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 633

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(III,2,3.)

III. Functions.

1.

capacity

The Head of the Department, in his

as Chinese

Secretary

to the Governor, is to act, when required, as Interpreter to the Governor, personally ofurnishing oral interpretation on special occasions, as

may

be desired, to supply the Governor with such information on Chinese

questions as he

as he may

call for, and to

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translate for the Governor whatever.____

he

semi-official or confidential documents wish to have translated from Chinese into English or from English

may

into Chinese.

2.

The Head of the Department

is to receive all chinese petitions addressed

(

(in Chinese) to the Colonial Government, to attach to each petition a faithful translation and forward both original and Aranslation to the Colonial Secretary. We will also furnish the Colonial with Chinese translations of any replies which the Colonial Secretary

wish to send to such Petitioners.

may

3.

"The Bead of the Department is to

on.

any

supply the Colonial Secretary when desired with translations of or comments document involving technical knowledge of Chinese and furnish the Colonial Secretary with whatever information he

Chinese affairs.

regarding

4.

may require

The Head of the Department

\ is to be responsible for the editing of the

Chinese portion of the Government Gazette.

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