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side with

any

application that els

Travers, the Acting Postmaster General may

have made, but only after and in the event of his application not having been favourably received.

Amongst the qualifications

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required for the post in question, I beg to submit that local knowledge, acquaintance with the lar

the language, writing and manners of the

air

of the people

of China, together with experience of Post Office work, constitute important factors.

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I have the honour therefore to point out that I have passed creditable examinations in written and spoken Chinese, that

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over six years since

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my arrival

10th February 1884,

that I have served for four years in offices which have afforded v

many opportunities of gaining experience of local requirements and of the general official routine of the

Colony

Colony, that I have done duty for

two months in the General Post Office during the absence of Mr. Fravers on

leave in

May

and June last, and

in addition have just been apponited Acting Assistant Postmaster General.

If it be urged that

my comparative youth and few years of service hardly warranting being entrusted with so serious responsibilities, I would submit, with deference, that former Cadets. in the HongKong Colonial Service have been advanced to equally.

few years.

important offices within a of arrival in the Colony. For instance, the present Acting Colonial Secretary was appointed, Captain Superinkudent of Police after three

years' service: the late Mr. Lister became Postmaster General in his tenth year of service,

and Mr. Lockhart rose to be

Registrar General within mine

years