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Enclosure 3,

COOP Y,

Education Department,
Hongkong, 16th August, 1906.

RECEIVED
Pcc 17 NOV 06

Sir,

Referring to your letter 5749/1906 in which His Excellency has ruled that I have not the status of a Cadet Officer, and am not qualified for promotion, I have the honour to draw attention to the following facts, and respectfully ask that they may be considered, and this ruling reconsidered.

In 1891 I was appointed by Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, then Governor of the Straits Settlements, to be a Junior Officer in the State of Perak. A Junior Officer was then the term used to describe what are now called Cadets. The appointment was one requiring the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. As the services of the Malay States were not at that time open to public competition, this was the manner in which alone it was possible to enter them.

When some years later the Malay States were federated, the position of Junior Officers and officers originally appointed as such was assured by putting...

The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.

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Enclosure 3, COOP Y, Education Department, Hongkong, 16th August, 1906. RECEIVED Pcc 17 NOV 06 Sir, Referring to your letter 5749/1906 in which His Excellency has ruled that I have not the status of a Cadet Officer, and am not qualified for promotion, I have the honour to draw attention to the following facts, and respectfully ask that they may be considered, and this ruling reconsidered. In 1891 I was appointed by Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, then Governor of the Straits Settlements, to be a Junior Officer in the State of Perak. A Junior Officer was then the term used to describe what are now called Cadets. The appointment was one requiring the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. As the services of the Malay States were not at that time open to public competition, this was the manner in which alone it was possible to enter them. When some years later the Malay States were federated, the position of Junior Officers and officers originally appointed as such was assured by putting... The Honourable The Colonial Secretary.

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S grusoai Enclosure 3, .7 COOP Y, ext to maulei wag of vigor mi noqu end ɛwady a 'racto££*cul #EX Ietsoitto Jobað mæLESOT NË DOžžžaba fatadtte wet bed a to aj ton si usteda ener yna of miało on #vaË VOT វ ja noy, dobiw 1843 madić notíže +km sɗmoste? .2 (.) *7#derpe2 fajnolo sir, 478 Education Department, Hongkong, 16th. August,1906. 42431 RECE Pcc 17 NOV 06 Referring to your letter 5749/1906 0.5.0. in which His Excellency has ruled that I have not the status of a Cadet Officer, and am not qualified for promotion, I have the honour to draw attention to the following facts, and respectfully ask that they may be considered, and this ruling reconsidered. 2. In 1891 I was appointed by Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, then Governor of the Straits Settle- -ments, to be a Junior Officer in the State of Perak. A Junior Officer was then the term used to describe what are now called Cadets. The appointment was one requiring the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. As the services of the Malay States were not at that time open to publie competition, this was the manner in which alone it was possible to enter them. When some years later the Halay 3. States were federated, the position of Junior Officers and officers originally appointed as such was assured by put- -ting .paz (SnivJI JA The Honourable The Colonial Secretary.

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S grusoai

Enclosure 3,

.7 COOP Y,

ext to maulei wag of vigor mi

noqu end ɛwady a 'racto££*cul #EX

Ietsoitto Jobað mæLESOT NË DOžžžaba fatadtte wet

bed a to aj ton si usteda ener

yna of miało on #vaË VOT

វ

ja noy, dobiw 1843 madić notíže

+km sɗmoste? .2 (.)

*7#derpe2 fajnolo

sir,

478

Education Department,

Hongkong, 16th. August,1906.

42431

RECE

Pcc 17 NOV 06 Referring to your letter 5749/1906

0.5.0. in which His Excellency has ruled that I have not

the status of a Cadet Officer, and am not qualified for

promotion, I have the honour to draw attention to the

following facts, and respectfully ask that they may be

considered, and this ruling reconsidered.

In 1891 I was appointed by Sir

Cecil Clementi Smith, then Governor of the Straits Settle-

-ments, to be a Junior Officer in the State of Perak. A

Junior Officer was then the term used to describe what are

now called Cadets. The appointment was one requiring the

sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. As

the services of the Malay States were not at that time

open to publie competition, this was the manner in which

alone it was possible to enter them.

When some years later the Halay

States were federated, the position of Junior Officers and

officers originally appointed as such was assured by put-

-ting

.paz (SnivJI JA

The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary.

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