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is in.

: every respect unsatisfactory. To effect

this two things propen stoves

are

necessary

(1)0 and buildings and

yard

( 2 ) a trained storekeeper . The first of these wont must be expplied before

any

for the

real change

can be made better. Whink it probable that the Chrief Accountant I have acked for may be able to undertake the general supervision of the stores with the

assistance

of a good

good sloveeman.

also

Few things have surprised

me more since my arrival in n

Hongkong than the fact that after nearly half or century of Writish occupation, while nearly every

other public and private requirement has been supplied, the Public Works Department is absolutely without workshops, and with no ~ stores accommodation except the - miserable makeshifts which recessity.

chance have provided, and this in a Colony where originally all the land

Avas

was

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held by the Crown, and the Administration

the hands

not easy

of

now

of

28.

the estate has been in:

the Surveyor General. It is

to find

a suitable site for

public works stores and workshops, but the matter is

one

of pressing importance which should not be lost sight of .

I have not suggested any rate

oxed new

of alary for the proposed

officials.

tal changes

As the subjects referred to in this letter involve considerable departmental cha I would venture to request that I may

have

an

opportunity of conferring.

with His Excellency.

the

as to the details

of

proposed arrangements before any final decision is come to by the. Goverment.

I have vo

(Signed) S. Brown;

Surveyor General