CO129-335 - Governor Nathan - 1906 [8-10] — Page 394

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I have the honour to request the sanction of Your Lordship to the temporary appointment of Mr. Ross as Postmaster-General, Mr. Ross having had previous experience of the working of this important Department and no other Cadet Officer being available to take charge of it.

3. In connection with the extension of leave granted to Mr. C. McI. Messer, of which I was informed by Your Lordship's Despatch No. 6 of 1906, and this extension of leave to Mr. Ross I have the honour to suggest to Your Lordship the advisability, in view of the smallness of the Cadet Civil Service at Hongkong making it difficult to supply Officers to take the place of those whose absence has not been anticipated, of adhering to the principle laid down in Lord Knutsford's Despatch No. 262 of the 12th November, 1890, that applications for extension of leave should not be granted without previous reference to the Colony.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

Matthew

Governor, &c.

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Page 389 I have the honour to request the sanction of Your Lordship to the temporary appointment of Mr. Ross as Postmaster-General, Mr. Ross having had previous experience of the working of this important Department and no other Cadet Officer being available to take charge of it. 3. In connection with the extension of leave granted to Mr. C. McI. Messer, of which I was informed by Your Lordship's Despatch No. 6 of 1906, and this extension of leave to Mr. Ross I have the honour to suggest to Your Lordship the advisability, in view of the smallness of the Cadet Civil Service at Hongkong making it difficult to supply Officers to take the place of those whose absence has not been anticipated, of adhering to the principle laid down in Lord Knutsford's Despatch No. 262 of the 12th November, 1890, that applications for extension of leave should not be granted without previous reference to the Colony. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant, Matthew Governor, &c. Page 391
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t M 389 of Mr. Ross whom I wish to relieve him as Postmaster- -General, Mr. Ross having had previous experience of the working of this important Department and no other Cadet Officer being available to take charge of it. 3. In' connection with the extension of leave granted to Mr. C. McI.Messer, of which I was informed by Your Lordship's Despatch No. 6 of 1906, and - a) this extension of leave to Mr. Ross I have the honour to suggest to Your Lordship the advisability, in view of the smallness of the Cadet Civil Service at Hongkong making it difficult to supply Officers to take the place of those whose absence has not been anticipated, of adhering to the principle laid down in Lord Knutsford's Despatch No. 262 of the 12th. November, 1890, that applications for exten- -sion of leave should not be granted without previous reference to the Colony. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant, Mhathan Governor, &c.
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of Mr. Ross whom I wish to relieve him as Postmaster-

-General, Mr. Ross having had previous experience of the

working of this important Department and no other Cadet

Officer being available to take charge of it.

3.

In' connection with the extension

of leave granted to Mr. C. McI.Messer, of which I was

informed by Your Lordship's Despatch No. 6 of 1906,

and

-

a)

this extension of leave to Mr. Ross I have the honour to

suggest to Your Lordship the advisability, in view of the

smallness of the Cadet Civil Service at Hongkong making it

difficult to supply Officers to take the place of those

whose absence has not been anticipated, of adhering to the

principle laid down in Lord Knutsford's Despatch No. 262

of the 12th. November, 1890, that applications for exten-

-sion of leave should not be granted without previous

reference to the Colony.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

Mhathan

Governor, &c.

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