CO129-226 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [4-5] — Page 356

Enclosure 1.

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which has

now drisen

I have the honour to be

My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

Burch

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Acting Registrar General.

you will submot

I beg that to the Acting Colonial Secretary for the

consideration of Mis Excellency the - Administrator of the Government, the

following application for

to enable me

to

an allowance

engage

the

services of

a writer who is conversant with

Mandarin in order to enable me to

· continue

my study of the dialect

which the Government caused me to learn, and generally assist me in

the performance of my official work,

which as

you

are aware

Chinese in character.

is

chiefly

It is obvious that unless