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the Royal Engineer Department the~ reply of the Colonial Government offering the Services of Dr Eitel to do the work free of charge and the reply from the Assistant Military Secretary of 19th instant in which certain statements

the

are made as to Dr Eitel's alleged incapacity

to do such work. The Council unanimously

recommend

respecting

the

-an

Muilitary

services of

ar

application made Authorities

for

the

by

Officer of the Colonial

to translates a contract

Government to translates

from English into Chinese, the Governor would be glad, if you would-

His Excellency

invite the attention

The

of

Major-General to the following

letter to eve

sentence in

your

the 19th instant :-

that the following

letter be written by

the Colonial

"His Excellency

the

Secretary

Military Secretary.

Sir,

to the Assistant

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th October 1880.

Adverting

to the

correspondence

"You will kindly convey

Governor

of

to

the

"Major General's thanks for his " kind offer, of placing at his

JA

"disposal, free of charges,

the

services of Dr. Eitel, Chinese Secretary,

" for the purpose of translating