CO129-298 - Governor Sir Blake Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [3-4] — Page 15

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Reap 20 APR 00

Retirement of F. G. Machado

mill take place an 18 May recommends

notifies that promotion of WJolly & post of bostmir at shanghai

Collost office be Recommends afft of

Senior Clark

filled from bufl Post Office sofficer she anse not later

them is hom

mr Lucas

(Minutes.)

Cluad Tel:

Further and d 731. 11 hek

(78)-1000-10-05 800-5000-11-60

Saa also 13275;

Private Searatons

Cept Hastings called the other day to said that he had already made Enquiries of Sir J. Murray

possibility of putting

a clack from the G.P. o. for this post to be was toed that it would be quite impossible

fo

out for the

pay.

to get a good clock to Capt Hastings is strongly opposed to the forainor's proposal git a cleak from outside the colony: partly because of the probability that he would be dissatisfied owing to want of prom or im, int chifly because he considers that the Chink lank

night to have a good knowledge of Chinese in order to supervise the other Chinese clestas. Capt Hastings that there is less necessity for a clock in the special portal experience, because in Lewis, who was secuted * years ago for the poot of Assistant P.m.g. do knows the business thoroughly

an excellent officer.

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