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Very sorry to find I have forgotten this Paper, I put it aside as it was not pressing and I have only just been reminded of it by the Annexed List.

It seems absurd to give a clear allowance and a gratuitous bonus and I think that in this respect the practice in Chinese Straits and here ought to be uniform.

Nothing is said of the one of them. He ought to be treated as a Chinese Clerk - not but that his attainments are alarming.

I can guess the motives of the mainland staff differing so much from the Chinese Superintendent in the Draft minute.

How are they going to satisfy life certificates? I do not quite make out whether I have put it in or not. It should have been firmly referred to the Board.

The grant of leave to the Chinese Clerk in the State Department was a boon, but they should have taken vacation leave.

Mackenzie's language is wrong and injudicious. The language used was very improper. Kind of morning commentary Michison is protesting.

At the present foreman's recommendation, if, as hoped, it has not been put in, it remains unfrustrated.

We have before complained of the inconvenience of mixing up their own divisional matters and dealing with them in a desultory way. We have waited and pressed for the foreman's long-promised improvement.

We should now want to think that it is quite unnecessary and unwise for Englishmen speaking Chinese for the higher posts in the long service, and assume that Mr. Lockhart's case was the exception here quoted.

Now that our Wodehouse partner decided to fill Mrs. Plunkett's place, we shall have with Maj.-Gen. Hamilton's countenance, an understanding Chinese Interpreter who is competent, trustworthy, and employed.

Dec.

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Very sorry to find I have forgotten this Paper, I put it aside as it was not pressing and I have only just been reminded of it by the Annexed List.It seems absurd to give a clear allowance and a gratuitous bonus and I think that in this respect the practice in Chinese Straits and here ought to be uniform.Nothing is said of the one of them. He ought to be treated as a Chinese Clerk - not but that his attainments are alarming.I can guess the motives of the mainland staff differing so much from the Chinese Superintendent in the Draft minute.How are they going to satisfy life certificates? I do not quite make out whether I have put it in or not. It should have been firmly referred to the Board.The grant of leave to the Chinese Clerk in the State Department was a boon, but they should have taken vacation leave.Mackenzie's language is wrong and injudicious. The language used was very improper. Kind of morning commentary Michison is protesting.At the present foreman's recommendation, if, as hoped, it has not been put in, it remains unfrustrated.We have before complained of the inconvenience of mixing up their own divisional matters and dealing with them in a desultory way. We have waited and pressed for the foreman's long-promised improvement.We should now want to think that it is quite unnecessary and unwise for Englishmen speaking Chinese for the higher posts in the long service, and assume that Mr. Lockhart's case was the exception here quoted.Now that our Wodehouse partner decided to fill Mrs. Plunkett's place, we shall have with Maj.-Gen. Hamilton's countenance, an understanding Chinese Interpreter who is competent, trustworthy, and employed.Dec.
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