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3.
Sir Joseph Hooker then es
es very
wheek there is
grasp the duties which is
no reason to supposet
essential but
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ny
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decidedly of opinion from the careful
attention which he has given to the
development of the Hong-Kong Botanic
Gardens that the clearest case is made
out for giving Mr Ford a European
assistant. The present efficient state
ад
ao
the department has not been reached,
you
are
aware, without effort.
And
Ser Joseph Hooker feels that it would be
member of the subordinate Chinese Staff
would show.
4. It must be remembered also that without
a knowledge of the Chinese language any
one sent out to take IVF Ford's place at
sudden notice would find himself
-perfectly paralysed in dealing with a
large native staff without any experienced
European intermediary.
deplorable if from failure in Mt Ford's
5.
Sir Joseph Hooker
ventures to offer these
health
other
cause the work should
fall into confusion through the want
of
anyone competent to carry.
it
on with
the sense of responsibility and capacity
to
remarko because he observes that Lord
Kimberley does not finally dispose of the
propoval
the negative. He ventures
the n
to
hope that it
mray
be reconsidered
and
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