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burdened heart, so

heavily

stricken by the authorities fully realizes how inconvenent,

annoying

all these

and monotonous

volummous letters.

and plane speaking must be; but the action of my

superiors compels

to

Je

defend myself, and having to deal with facts I must

add the followmg.

The letter addressed to

me from the Colonial Office

be

of date 3rd June might supposed to give Comtenance. to the belief that it was

ownig

to

my

letter

of the

17th May that Sir George Bowen's connection with Hong Kong

"Came

are

to an

end"; but this

cannot be so if the evidently inspired announcements

true which appeared the Times, the Standard and the Daily Telegraph of 24th June couched in there

words"

"The Queen has been

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MOUNT MASCAL,

BEXLEY,

KENT.

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pleased to approve of the appointment of Sir

–

Well Des Voeux RMG Governor of Newfoundland

as

wee

in the

Government of Hong Kong to the Rt. Hon Su George F. Bowen G. 6. M.G., who

as was

cenced m

annou

January last retires from that Government on the expiration of his leave of absence

The following day's Times

has this

additional statement:

"With reference.

retirement

of

to the Sir George

F. Bowen pom the Governorship of Hong Kong

it will be remembered

that the late Sir George Strachan had been appointed to succeed Su G Bowen at Hong Kong

and on the sudden death officer Sie

of

that

Sir Georg

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