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Mr Chadwick to Crown Agents.

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Rove 24 MAR 19

No. 7 Carteret Street,

Westminster.

20th March, 1899.

Hong Kong Sanitary Inspector.

Gentlemen,

Five candidates have been nominated to me, for

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the above mentioned appointment, by the Secretary of the Sanitary Institute. Four of them are now employed by the

Liverpool Corporation, one by the Leeds Corporation.

have seen the five candidates. I have also called upon

the Medical Officers of Health of the said towns, and have

received satisfactory evidence as to moral character and

the professional qualifications of the candidates.

I beg to recommend Mr J. H. Dandy for the appoint-

ment in question. It is true that as regards length of

service his qualifications are not in accordance with the

Colonial instructions. Nevertheless Dr Hope, the Medical

Officer of Health, Liverpool, and his assistant Dr Manby

agree that Mr Dandy is the most suitable of the four Liver- pool candidates. Though he has only one' year's service he has gone through a most complete course of instruction

in Hygiene under them and Prof: Boys, who I also saw, at

the University College, Liverpool,

The Government of Hong Kong desire to secure the

services of a person to act as a chief sanitary Inspector

The above mentioned

directing a number of sub-Inspectors.

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