CO129-333 - Governor Nathan - 1906 [1-4] — Page 10

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-myself and I regret that want of time has compelled me to

leave for another year the tables for the first two de-

-cades of the Colony's existence. I propose when this His-

-torical and Statistical Abstract is completed to address

you with regard to its separate publication for sale to

the public and to the question of the preparation of

similar abstracts for other Colonies.

5.

The list of Parliamentary Papers

on page 11 of the new List is taken from page 398 of the

Colonial Office List for 1905. In future issues it will be

followed by an index of Sessional Papers that have from

time to time been printed for laying on the Table of the

Legislative Council; for want of such an index full ad-

-vantage is not at present derived from the useful informa-

-tion contained in many of these papers. A bibliography of

the Colony will also be added.

6.

To the miscellaneous lists in

Part II those of Honours conferred on Members of the Civil

Service (now living) in Hongkong (page 43), of Authorized

Architects (page 47), and of Private Medical Practitioners

(page 48) have been added. The last two are specially

useful to Officers in the Public Works, Medical and

Sanitary Departments.

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