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C.O.
22041
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Res 9 11 00
HongKong,
4th. June, 1900.
454
sir,
In the event of the leased territory at
Wei-nai-Wei passing under the control of the Colonial Office,
as seems not improbable, I have the honor to apply for en-
ployment in an Administrative capacity in the new Colony.
I entered the Colonial Service in 1881 and
after being attached to the Colonial Office for a year,
came to HongKong and proceeded thence to Canton, where I
resided for six mouths, studying the Cantonese dialect of
the Chinese language.
After that Governor Sir George Bowen decided
that I should learn the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, and
accordingly I was attached to the British Legation at Peking,
where I remained until the spring of 1886,when I passed
the higher examination for Interpreters in the scheme of
examination for Interpreters in the Consular Service.
The Mandarin dialect is the one spoken at
Wei-Hal-Wei
Wei,and my knowledge of the language should there-
fore be of great use to myself and to the Government if I
were appointed to a post at that place.
On arrival at Hongkong in April, 1886, I was
appointed Acting Assistant Registrar General, and thereafter
to the following posts in this Colony:-
Acting Assistant Colonial Secretary January
1887
RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,M.P.,
DER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR THE COLONIES.
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