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the event of Mr. B. M. Deane not_

returning

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definitely

to the Colony.

I do not

de

not yet

Know

that Mr. Deane will not

return. When I do know, I propose

to

report.

the vo

vacancy.

-the local candidates for

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

Goder veux

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Copy.

Enclosure.

841

C. 0.

17613

Mr. Smith to Colonial Secretary.

RECT

REG 3 SEP 39)

Registrar General's Office,

23rd. July, 1889.

Sir,

In the event of Mr. Deane not returning to the Co-

lony and of no one senior to me in the Hongkong Colonial

Service applying to be appointed Captain Superintendent of

Police, I have the honour to submit my name for the consi-

deration of His Excellency the Governor whenever the

question of appointing a successor to Mr. Deane may arise.

My age (thirty this year) and my short experience

(I landed in Hongkong in February 1884) may cause the Govern

went to hesitate before entrusting large responsibilities

to a young officer.

I would, however, quote as a precedent the case of

the present incumbent, Mr. Deane, who was appointed Acting

Captain Superintendent of Police in 1866, four years after

his election as a student interpreter in 1862, an appoint-

ment in which he was confirmed in 1868.

It is perhaps hardly necessary to mention that I

an acquainted with the Chinese Language, a knowledge of

which is doubtless considered eminently desirable for the

The Honourable

Frederick Stewart, LL. D.,

Colonial Secretary,

&C.

&C.

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