CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6] — Page 457

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3. As regards to may's application to be considered

in connection with possible posts in Wei Hai Wai,

attention to the fact that =

would invite

May is

The

your

of

I

the few officers in the Far Eastern

Civil Services who is acquainted with the mandarin the majority of officers only

dialect

Chinese, as

bearn the dialect of the district to which they

are first appointed.

I have the honour to be,

المتها

Your most obedient

Humble Servant, 4.7. Gascoigne

Major General, Administering the Government.

The Right Honourable

Joseph Chamberlain Int.

*.

tc.

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