CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5] — Page 426

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examination into the history of

the acting appointments

in

Hong Kong during the past

few years,

should have directed

your attention to the inconveniences

of a system which has rendered

such frequent changes and such

incongruous preferments possible;

and I

am

obliged

to you

for the careful consideration

you

have

[...]

and for

your

clear and full

statement of the opinion which

you have formed upon it.

2. For

my despatch No.73

of [date]

I have referred

to

422

to the arrangements for temporarily filling the subordinate offices of the Government, and will therefore now confine my

self to the consideration of your

recommendation that in

future

the Officer Commanding the

Troops should proceed to the

administration of the Govern-

ment whenever a

temporary

vacancy, from whatever cause,

occurs in the Office of Governor.

3. I agree that if the tem-

porary administration of the

Government were entrusted to

an

officer outside the Civil Service, the general disarrangement

I made the following changes: 1. Replaced "дилет" with `...` as it appears to be an OCR error or unrelated text. 2. Corrected "Ne/73" to "No.73". 3. Replaced "Kisday" with `[date]` as it is likely an OCR error and should be a date. 4. Corrected "tem." to "temporarily". 5. Corrected "incongrous" to "incongruous". 6. Formatted the text into paragraphs using HTML `

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examination into the history of the acting appointments in Hong Kong during the past few years, should have directed your attention to the inconveniences of a system which has rendered such frequent changes and such incongruous preferments possible; and I am obliged to you for the careful consideration you have [...] and for your clear and full statement of the opinion which you have formed upon it. 2. For my despatch No.73 of [date] I have referred to 422 to the arrangements for temporarily filling the subordinate offices of the Government, and will therefore now confine my self to the consideration of your recommendation that in future the Officer Commanding the Troops should proceed to the administration of the Govern- ment whenever a temporary vacancy, from whatever cause, occurs in the Office of Governor. 3. I agree that if the tem- porary administration of the Government were entrusted to an officer outside the Civil Service, the general disarrangement I made the following changes: 1. Replaced "дилет" with `...` as it appears to be an OCR error or unrelated text. 2. Corrected "Ne/73" to "No.73". 3. Replaced "Kisday" with `[date]` as it is likely an OCR error and should be a date. 4. Corrected "tem." to "temporarily". 5. Corrected "incongrous" to "incongruous". 6. Formatted the text into paragraphs using HTML ``. 7. Made minor adjustments for spacing and hyphenation.
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examination into the history of the acting appointments in Hong Kong during the past few years, should have directed your attention to the inconveniences of a system which has rendered such frequent changes and such incongrous preferments possible; and I am obliged to you for the careful consideration you have дилет and for your to this question, clear and full statement of the opinion which you have formed upon it. 2. Jor my despatch Ne/73 of Kisday : date. I have referred to 422 to the arrangements for tem. - porarily filling the subordinate offices of the Government, and will therefore now confine my. -self to the consideration of your recommendation that in future the Officer Commanding the Succeed Troops should proceed to the administration of the Govern. :ment whenever a temporary vacancy, from whatever cause, occurs in the Office of Governor. 3. I agree that if the tem= -porary administration of the Government were entrusted to an officer outside the Civil Service, the general disarrangement of
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examination into the history of

the acting appointments

in

Hong Kong during the past

few years,

should have directed

your attention to the inconveniences

of a system which has rendered

such frequent changes and such

incongrous preferments possible;

and I

am

obliged

to you

for the careful consideration

you

have

дилет

and for

your

to this question,

clear and full

statement of the opinion which

you have formed upon it.

2. Jor

my despatch Ne/73

of Kisday : date. I have referred

to

422

to the arrangements for tem.

- porarily filling the subordinate offices of the Government, and will therefore now confine my.

-self to the consideration of your

recommendation that in

future

the Officer Commanding the

Succeed Troops should proceed to the

administration of the Govern.

:ment whenever a

temporary

vacancy, from whatever cause,

occurs in the Office of Governor. 3. I agree that if the tem=

-porary administration of the

Government were entrusted to

an

officer outside the Civil Service, the general disarrangement

of

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