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overlooked in making some at any rate, of the

appointments to which attention is drawn. They

finally represent that their prospects of pro-

motion have been materially damaged; and ask

that their case may be granted favourable con-

sideration, and that their claims may in future

placed

be get on a more definite basis.

3.

Before explaining the grounds on

which each of the eight appointments referred

to was made, I propose to deal with the general

question of the rights of cadets serving in

Hong Kong to be considered as having a "pre-

ferential claim" to certain appointments in

the public service of the Colony.

4.

The memorialists refer to Sir G.P.

Boyen's despatch No.84 of the 3rd May 1883, and

Lord Derby's despatch No.155 of the 3rd August

in reply thereto, as, together with Mr

Chamberlain's despatch No.171 of the 13th June

last, "defining the rights and privileges of

cadets in the Civil Service of the Colony".

As