CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895 — Page 379

a Chinese speaking officer i.e. a member

the Straits or

of the

sence or

or,

Hồng Kong as I hope it will be in fature, of

combined service

This the governo

am

д

the two colonies · thinks would be

the

advantage rather than the reverse, and he also thinks that, if experiment of combination fails, it to revert to the present

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will be

easy

System?

On

an

g' the

the evidence

evidu

that

Woch

skjection, of which I do not quite appreciate the face is suggested to the combination on the ground thecar is now an appeal from the Registran General to the Colonial Secretary. by the combination would be swept away There is much to be said on either side but it seems to tre that it is impolitic to combine the two offices and that such combination will not work well for the Chinese; that it is a distinct disadvantage to navow the field for the

office

Ray

ente han an

Affeat the Grea

besteren, etwäche des Excraße im deunte a lo phase 25%

I don't suffere the Jhmen with mach Ce-atall Semető

solony. isterman E

asmus Lockhart.

But

of

hot be

Colonial Secretary; and that it will easy to separate the offices again without running up exheuse. I therefore hope the change

not be carried out

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will

apparent

If it is carried out, the ones

results are, amory others

that

-1. the assistant registrou general

must be retained

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-2. possibly the registrar general's

duties must be curtailed

_3. Mr. Lockhart becomes as a

matter of conte colonial secretary

that they

assuming

We have the colonial

are not combined

Secretary

with

a revinced staff, and we have

a

ingestion genual and assistant registrou general & staff with certain cluties. It is

Ogt is open

open ex

exaptiong few

- 1. to leave them alone with the) small

suggestions already made.

2. hehe simply

to cut off

registran general.

the assistant