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appointments, and was a barrister. Mr Kemp had had less than 3 years' service, and had not passed the qualifying
He had legal examination for magisterial appointments.
not fulfilled either of the conditions laid down in 1891
as giving cadets a preferential claim to Police Magis-
tracies.
had
(5) This appointment had never previously been held by a cadet, and was, not in 1901 considered a cadet post.
Mr Woodcock had acted as Secretary for 18 months, passed his final bar examination and knew enough Chinese,
There was no other candidate, and Mr Woodcock was strong-
ly recommenced by the Sanitary Board,
(6)
Mr Hallifax, the Assistant Superintendent of
He had had Police, was the only Hong Kong candidate.
Sir Henry Blake appears
less than five years
service.
to have forgotten that he himself was in this country at
Minately
the time, and recommended the appointment of an experienced
police officer from outside. Captain Lyons had had over eleven years' service entirely in the police and of course had had previous Army Service (15 years).
(7) I understand from the minutes on 32068/02 that, Mr Jones was appointed Deputy Registrar and Accountant, in preference to Mr Kemp, because he had acted in the post for over 4 years, giving general satisfaction, was therefore thought impossible to pass him over. predecessor in the post was not a Cadet.
it
His
{ 8)
Sir H. Blake supplies the answer to the complaint against Mr Johnston's appointment as Postmaster General
sée paragraph 3 of
his despatch. It should be added
that the former Postmaster General was not a cacet, and
that
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