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subject of Interpretation in this

Colony,

and as

to the means

bringing about improvement.

My

drawn to this

attention was.

important

of

Enclosure 2 7th Sept 7.1889 (Dix copie;

consideration by the report, Expies enclosed, of a Commission appointed in October, 1886, by Sir William Marsh, — and as the result of careful - investigation and enquiry, now submit for Your Lordship's approval the proposals appended to my Message, which, if –

adopted

adopted, will, I trust, conduce to a much needed improvement in the knowledge of Chinese in the Public Service, and ensure

more efficient Interpretation in all Departments.

3.

—

My message together

- with the report of the Committee above referred to will, I trust, afford full explanation of the

reasons which have induced

me to make these proposals, and of the objects which they

are intended to serve. It will there for