CO129-323 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1904 [6-7] — Page 411

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surprise for naturally considered that with my long experience and legal attainments I would under any circumstances be;

appointed to be the senior Deputy Registrar, should any vacancy occur, and that the newly appointed legal official, whoever he might be, would take the junior appointment of Deputy Registrar and Accountant, thus I put forward no application, moreover. I was fully cognizant with the fact that the Hong Kong Government possessed only two officials in addition to myself i.e. Messrs Seth and Hazeland who were thoroughly familiar with the work in the Registry, and whoever therefore might come in as the new Deputy would be obliged to learn the work "ab initio".

3. I took greater consolation from the fact also as to my secured position from any possible rivals, while still bearing the Cadet system in mind, that the work of this Registry is exacting and intricate and requiring experience and certain general legal knowledge, particularly with regard to procedure and knowledge of the Courts, and as the Registrar is also Official Administrator, Official Trustee and Registrar of Companies, and as the Deputies in such a busy Court as this, are required to assist him in all his work it follows that they must necessarily possess qualifications analogous to his own and that their training is therefore long.

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surprise for naturally considered that with my long experience and legal attainments I would under any circumstances be; appointed to be the senior Deputy Registrar, should any vacancy occur, and that the newly appointed legal official, whoever he might be, would take the junior appointment of Deputy Registrar and Accountant, thus I put forward no application, moreover. I was fully cognizant with the fact that the Hong Kong Government possessed only two officials in addition to myself i.e. Messrs Seth and Hazeland who were thoroughly familiar with the work in the Registry, and whoever therefore might come in as the new Deputy would be obliged to learn the work "ab initio". 3. I took greater consolation from the fact also as to my secured position from any possible rivals, while still bearing the Cadet system in mind, that the work of this Registry is exacting and intricate and requiring experience and certain general legal knowledge, particularly with regard to procedure and knowledge of the Courts, and as the Registrar is also Official Administrator, Official Trustee and Registrar of Companies, and as the Deputies in such a busy Court as this, are required to assist him in all his work it follows that they must necessarily possess qualifications analogous to his own and that their training is therefore long.
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ni Goivier piisua ke 2189. 02 izen

* C. Gina: TO— YOL BOATROA of Degiluo leel kiperlɛ

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end ni sapo ame to Toviexquà Due tætiniek Juanc

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$

al #lol bar (low 16.91

assig 32 MICE CInuchou Luoy 03 Á LAUGA

Jiuzzafarq os cujoin mro ja salu I

-16ulenco vimiä teen 1b, 101 aas of 25 pay andjes

PL LONGI na vecis.iga bor Latje.

‚eldøruzank

atacă to ZAIDIOMA B

surprise for naturally considered that with my long exper- ience and legal attainments I would under any circumstances be;

appointed to be the senior Deputy Registrar, should any vac-

ancy occur, land that the newly appointed legal official, who-

ever he might be, would take the junior appointment of Deputy

Registrar and Accountant, thus I put forward no application,

moreover. I was fully cognizant with the fact that the HongKong

Government possessed only two officials in addition to myself

1.e. Messrs Seth and Hazeland who were thoroughly familiar

with the work in the Registry, and whoever therefore might come.

in as the new Deputy would be obliged to learn the work

"ab initio”.

3. I took greater consolation from the fact also as

to my secured position from any possible rivals, while still

bearing the Cadet system in mind, that the work of this

Registry is exacting and intricate and requiring experience

and certain general legal knowledge, particularly with regard

to procedure and knowledge of the Courts, and as the Regis-,

trar is also Official Administrator, Official Trustee and

Registrar of Companies, and as the Deputies in such a busy

Court as this, are required to assist him in all his work it

follows that they must necessarily possess qualifications

analogous to his own and that their training is therefore. lon

long

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