CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 247

No.

347

C. O

28854

RECU

RES 3 SEP 00

Government House,

HongKong,

1st

August, 1900.

245

Sir,

I have the honour to transmit for your

consideration the enclosed memorial from Mr.C.H.Gale, Senior

glosure July 1900. dupiticate

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Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department, applying

for the post of Third Executive Engineer, soon to be rendered

vacant by the departure of Mr.Crook for Gibraltar.

2. For this vacancy Mr.Ormsby recommends Mr.

Drury, and as Mr.Drury has been regarded as the senior of the

two officers in the Department, I concur in the recommendation.

3. In the event of your approving of Mr.

Drury's appointment and of the suggestion made in Major-Gene-

ral Gascoigne's despatch No.196 of the 5th. of May that Mr.

Mudie should be regarded as seconded to the Praya Reclamation

staff, I would recommend that Mr. Gale be appointed to the post

of Executive Engineer, thus bringing the Executive Engineers

for Public Works other than the Praya Reclamation up to the

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

Ecc.

8cc.

&C.

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