CO129-220 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [1-3] — Page 578

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me with their recommendation as to

the arrangement to be made to

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fill provisionally Mr. Ackroyd's place

• Registrar. Accordingly the Judges

addressed a memorandum to Mr.

Ackroyd requesting him to furnish

them with his proposals

on

the

subject; and their Honoure afterwards

14th March 1885.7

submitted Mr Ackroyd's Report, with Enclosure 1. a Memorandum from themselves for my information. I annex

these documents.

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It will be seen that

Dr. Rokroyd discusses fully the

claime

Enclosure 24

17th March 1885.

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claims of the three applicants for the provisional appointment of Registrar, viz.- Mr. Wise, Barrister-at-Law, (new Police Magistrate), M. Dangater, and M. Barff, the Deputy Registrars. W. Sangster, the Senior Deputy Registrar has undoubtedly a Kind

a kind of a prion claim to the Office; but Wilckroyd

declares him, for the reasons assigned,

to be unfit for it, through want of legal training and otherwise.

Mr.dangster

as

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came out to Honghong originally

Organist to the Cathedral, and still continues to act in that capacity. Soon

after his arrival here, he was

also a Clerk in one

appointed of the Public Offices, and

has this gradually risen to his present position.

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