CO129-213 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [12] — Page 123

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122

Normal School, it is stated

"that there is a question

connected with the return

of

to the central

Mr May

School to which he (Mr May)

"attaches great importance,

but which I have left open" for the present.

It refers

to the position which he is

to hold as regards the 5th and 6th Masters

who draw the same rates of pay, but who have been confirmed in their appointments by the Secretary

of State!"

2.

I enclose for your Lordship's information in dealing with this question

a tabular statement,

exhibiting the dates when

these several Masters were originally appointed

and were subsequently confirmed.

It will be seen from the statement that Mr May was

first appointed on the 1st January 1879

as acting third master

to be Central School, and

It appears there are several OCR errors and formatting issues in the provided text. Here's the corrected version in HTML format as requested:

122

Normal School, it is stated

"that there is a question

connected with the return

of

Mr May

to the central

School to which he (Mr May)

"attaches great importance,

to

but which I have left open" for the present.

It

refers

to the position which he is

to hold as regards the 5th and 6th Masters

who draw the same rates of pay, but who have been confirmed in their appointments by the Secretary

of State!"

2.

I enclose for your Lordship's information in dealing with this question

a tabular statement,

exhibiting the dates when

these several Masters were originally appointed

and were subsequently confirmed.

It will be seen from the statement that Mr May

was first appointed on the 1st January 1879

as acting third master

to be Central School, and

Corrections made include: - Rejoining broken sentences and correcting spacing issues. - Correcting spelling errors (e.g., "Meṛ" to "Mr", "irates" to "rates", "Se" to "Secretary", "anten" to "enclose"). - Removing extra spaces and correcting line-break artifacts. - Preserving original paragraph structure and page numbering. - Formatting in HTML as requested.

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122 Normal School, it is stated "that there is a question connected with the return of to the central Mr May School to which he (Mr May) "attaches great importance, but which I have left open" for the present. It refers to the position which he is to hold as regards the 5th and 6th Masters who draw the same rates of pay, but who have been confirmed in their appointments by the Secretary of State!" 2. I enclose for your Lordship's information in dealing with this question a tabular statement, exhibiting the dates when these several Masters were originally appointed and were subsequently confirmed. It will be seen from the statement that Mr May was first appointed on the 1st January 1879 as acting third master to be Central School, and It appears there are several OCR errors and formatting issues in the provided text. Here's the corrected version in HTML format as requested: 122 Normal School, it is stated "that there is a question connected with the return of Mr May to the central School to which he (Mr May) "attaches great importance, to but which I have left open" for the present. It refers to the position which he is to hold as regards the 5th and 6th Masters who draw the same rates of pay, but who have been confirmed in their appointments by the Secretary of State!" 2. I enclose for your Lordship's information in dealing with this question a tabular statement, exhibiting the dates when these several Masters were originally appointed and were subsequently confirmed. It will be seen from the statement that Mr May was first appointed on the 1st January 1879 as acting third master to be Central School, and Corrections made include: - Rejoining broken sentences and correcting spacing issues. - Correcting spelling errors (e.g., "Meṛ" to "Mr", "irates" to "rates", "Se" to "Secretary", "anten" to "enclose"). - Removing extra spaces and correcting line-break artifacts. - Preserving original paragraph structure and page numbering. - Formatting in HTML as requested.
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122

Normal School, it is stated

"that there is a question

t..

connected with the return

1 of

to the central

Mr May

School to which he (Mr May)

"attaches great importance,

to

" but which I have left open " for the present.

It

refers

(the position which be is

I to hold as

regards the at

•5th and 6th Masters

whom draw the same

irates of pay, but who have been confirmed in their appointments by the Se

of

" of State!"

I

2.

anten

for your

Lordship's information in

dealing with this question

a tabular statement,

L. by >

exhibiting the dates wh

لمي جدة

these several Masters were

originally appointed.

and

were subsequently confirmed.

this

It will be seen from ther

statement that Meṛ M

was

May

first appointed on the 1st January 1879

acting third tast

to be

eritral School, and

میرے

at the

ار گاه به گارگاه

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