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glad

I

thall be

fliar

you will uniform and whether the subscriptions

from the Chinese popul-

ation towards the suffort

of this hospital continue

to be as

liberal

an

asserme

beretofore. I should also

that, the Registration off be glad folum of.

the Deaths, as refered

Thor 6 of

to mih my despatch

No.43 of the 19th

of February, 1897,

has

been carefully, camid out than

nor.

No.

3h 48.

1898

5 Feb

previous Paper.

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ubsequent Paper.

DESPATCH.

Hong Kong

319

No.

6908

(Subject.)

Appt. of P. Wodehouse.

as First Clerk in Registrar-Gent's Dept. Submit's explanation.

(Minutes.)

M. Lucas

The explanation of Sir a for giving this appointment

W. Robrison's reason.

to Mh. Wodehouse seems

sufficient. But

I do not know that the question of salary is disposed of. Ishould suggest replysts that the s. ofs. approves of th. Wodehouse affouitment brit still considers that the salary offered should be $1200 peramum, ming to $1,800, as proposed by the Retrenchment Committee. 1.F.29/3

? Reply that W. (hamberlain under

the

Ent.

regents the circês approves

Wodchouse's appt. but regrets that he cannot modify Conditions laid down in par. 30% deepti in 275, adding however, that