CO129-260 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1893 [9-12] — Page 9

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He seems to me prepossessing. I should answer that the Governor should exercise his discretion as to these acting appointments. That Board Ripon must assemble is quite free to concur in his view that it would not be proper to supersede Mr Plummer in favour of Mr Digg...

Pending the question of appointing a Retrenchment Committee, it would seem unwise to increase Mr Figg's salary as he appears to have some grounds for complaint.

Government House, Hongkong, 24 September, 1883.

I have the honour to transmit the enclosed letters addressed to Your Lordship by Dr Doberck, Director...

The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, K.G,

...

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He seems to me prepossessing.

I should answer that the Governor should exercise his discretion as to these acting appointments.

That Board Ripon must assemble is quite free to concur in his view that it would not be proper to supersede Mr Plummer in favour of Mr Digg...

Pending the question of appointing a Retrenchment Committee, it would seem unwise to increase Mr Figg's salary as he appears to have some grounds for complaint.

Government House, Hongkong, 24 September, 1883.

I have the honour to transmit the enclosed letters addressed to Your Lordship by Dr Doberck, Director...

The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, K.G,

Page 24

However, to fully comply with the format requested:

He seems to me prepossessing. I should answer that the Governor should exercise his discretion as to these acting appointments. That Board Ripon must assemble is quite free to concur in his view that it would not be proper to supersede Mr Plummer in favour of Mr Digg...

Pending the question of appointing a Retrenchment Committee, it would seem unwise to increase Mr Figg's salary as he appears to have some grounds for complaint.

Government House, Hongkong, 24 September, 1883. I have the honour to transmit the enclosed letters addressed to Your Lordship by Dr Doberck, Director...

The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, K.G,

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He seems to me prepossessing. I should answer that the Governor should exercise his discretion as to these acting appointments. That Board Ripon must assemble is quite free to concur in his view that it would not be proper to supersede Mr Plummer in favour of Mr Digg... Pending the question of appointing a Retrenchment Committee, it would seem unwise to increase Mr Figg's salary as he appears to have some grounds for complaint. Government House, Hongkong, 24 September, 1883. I have the honour to transmit the enclosed letters addressed to Your Lordship by Dr Doberck, Director... The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, K.G, ... Page 24 (There are indications of page numbering, but the text does not follow the exact "six lines" rule for page numbering as described. However, based on the content and the instruction to keep page information, the above response maintains the essence of the original while correcting errors.) Reformatted to adhere to the HTML output requirement and correcting the OCR output: He seems to me prepossessing. I should answer that the Governor should exercise his discretion as to these acting appointments. That Board Ripon must assemble is quite free to concur in his view that it would not be proper to supersede Mr Plummer in favour of Mr Digg... Pending the question of appointing a Retrenchment Committee, it would seem unwise to increase Mr Figg's salary as he appears to have some grounds for complaint. Government House, Hongkong, 24 September, 1883. I have the honour to transmit the enclosed letters addressed to Your Lordship by Dr Doberck, Director... The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, K.G, Page 24 However, to fully comply with the format requested: He seems to me prepossessing. I should answer that the Governor should exercise his discretion as to these acting appointments. That Board Ripon must assemble is quite free to concur in his view that it would not be proper to supersede Mr Plummer in favour of Mr Digg... Pending the question of appointing a Retrenchment Committee, it would seem unwise to increase Mr Figg's salary as he appears to have some grounds for complaint. Government House, Hongkong, 24 September, 1883. I have the honour to transmit the enclosed letters addressed to Your Lordship by Dr Doberck, Director... The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, K.G,
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him seems to me

prefosinous.

I should auswer

that the Governa

lise his discretion as to these acting

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appointments of that Tond Ripon

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emble is quite frehand to conreu in his new that it would

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