CO129-316 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [1-4] — Page 281

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Singapore, December 21st, 1902.

Referring to your letter No. 2971 of

October 29th., 1902, I have the honour to inform you that I

expect to be in Hongkong in November, 1903, and that I shall

be happy to undertake the work of indexing the Council Chamber

Library and of revising the system by which documents are

filed and recorded in your office.

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I note that the honorarium to be paid ge

on completion of the task is one hundred pounds sterling.

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I presume that the purely clerical part

of the work will be done by a clerk in your office, and 1

therefore suggest that (in order to save time and to facilitate

the work) during the next ten months the following work should

be done by a clerk in your Department:-

Let a list be made on cards similar to

the enclosed of every volume in the Council Chanoer Library. I

enclose cards as samples or models for the guidance of the

clerk. It will be seen that one covers unofficial literature

another official literature, and another serial publications.

This is purely mechanical work and is a

necessary preliminary to any work on the re-arrangement and

cataloguing of the Library.

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Would you kindly acknowledge the receipt

of this letter, addressing your communication to me care of

the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Rangoon, Euraa.

51 My address during March, April, May, and

June, 1903, will be care of Sir Frank Swettenham, K.C.M.G.,

Singapore.

The Colonial Secretary,

Hongkong.

I have etc., (Sd.) Alleyne Ireland.