CO129-313 - Governor Sir Blake - 1902 [10-12] — Page 430

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Sir,

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Goverment House, 13 JM: 07

Hongkong, 9th. December, 1902.

I have the honour to request you to be

good enough to furnish me with the record of the half pay

and vacation leave of Mr. E. C. Lewis, Acting Postmaster-

General, prior to his appointment to be Assistant Postmaster-

General in this Colony.

2.

Mr. Lewis informs me that he was first

appointed to the permanent Staff of the Civil Service in St.

Vincent in March, 1880, and he was transferred to Hongkong on

the 13th. April, 1899.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your most obedient

Humble servant,

stung assabe

Governor,

&C..

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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