CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4] — Page 467

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465

ultimo, approving the course

which I had taken in sending

Mr A May

to Peking,

and my intention to send

Mr Sercombe Smith there

also

for a period of

twelve or eighteen months.

2. Accordingly, I have

written to ask

Sir Harry Parkes to allow the latter

gentleman to

reside at the British

Legation on the same terms

as Mr. May; that is, under

regulations similar to those

prescribed by the Foreign

Office for the Student Interpreters.

I have, in pursuance

of your instructions, conveyed

to Sir Harry Parkes the

"expression of Your Lordship's

appreciation of the kind

manner in which he

has furthered my wishes.

I have much pleasure in transmitting

herewith copy of a

letter from Sir H. Parkes, showing that Mr May is making

satisfactory progress in his

Chinese ...

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465 ultimo, approving the course which I had taken in sending Mr A May to Peking, and my intention to send Mr Sercombe Smith there also for a period of twelve or eighteen months. 2. Accordingly, I have written to ask Sir Harry Parkes to allow the latter gentleman to reside at the British Legation on the same terms as Mr. May; that is, under regulations similar to those prescribed by the Foreign Office for the Student Interpreters. I have, in pursuance of your instructions, conveyed to Sir Harry Parkes the "expression of Your Lordship's appreciation of the kind manner in which he has furthered my wishes. I have much pleasure in transmitting herewith copy of a letter from Sir H. Parkes, showing that Mr May is making satisfactory progress in his Chinese ...
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465

ultimo, approving the course

which I had taken in

sending

Mr A

May

to Jeking,

and my intention to senò

Mo Sercombe Smith chere

also

for a period of

tiv elve

or eighteen mouths.

2. Accordingly, I have

written to ash

Sir Harry

Parkes to allow the last.

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reside at the British

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