CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6] — Page 541

No.145.

Hongkong.

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Government House,

Hongkong, 2nd. June, 1905.

sir,

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With reference to my Despatch

No. 130 of the 15th. ultimo in which I informed you that

I had granted a pension to Mr. Bruce Shepherd, I have now

the honour to recommend the appointment of Mr. G. H.

Wakeman, Assistant Land Officer, to succeed him.

Mr. Wakeman, whose selection for

the appointment of Assistant Land Officer was communicated

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in Mr. Chamberlain's Despatch No. 256 of the 27th. of July,

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1900, is a trained and experienced Officer who is thorough-

-ly competent to fill the post of Land Officer and Official

Receiver in Bankruptcy. I enclose his application for the

appointment.

Enclosure 1.

Enclosure 2.

2.

I also forward an application

from Mr. C.D.Melbourne, First Clerk at the Magistracy, for

the post of Assistant Land Officer in which he is at pre-

Mr.

-sent acting.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,

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