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Pannacfote, Sir Edward O'malley
and possibly
one or two other
Braunston.
legal officers, Sir Cecil Smith "cz.m. stands out as the single example of a Hongkong officer receiving promotion in another Colony. Mr. Whitehead's
ungrounded com plaint in this connection is in curious contrast to the view re cently urged in the public press frequent interchange of officials would be beneficial to the interests of the Colony.
that a more
In Whitehead has
exagger
ated the following extract from a despatch from the Secretary of state into
a censure.
"It appears that the annual. " cost of lighting the streets will "be increased nearly 50 percent "by the partial introduction of "Electric Lighting, and I con- "sider that this large expenditure
"should
" should not have been incurred " without obtaining the previous "sanction of the Secretary of~
"state"
was
He also states that the Secretary of State whilst taking exception to the above expenditure,
peremptorily ordering the building of a new Gaol. This is not strictly accurate. It is true that long before the scheme of lighting the streets by Electricity was considered, the Secretary of state had directed plans and estimates to be prepared for a
new
Gaol,
but at the time re-
ferred to by ssir Whitehead that order had been modified to one involving
expenditure of ~ $200,000 (not £100,000 as stated by smr. Whitehead). The fact that
an
further concession was sub- sequently made in deference
to
the
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