CO129-339 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1907 [1-3] — Page 495

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Enclosure 3.

Enclosure 4.

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Departments with the exception of the Colonial Secretary and of the Director of the Observatory, who is about to retire from the Service; it is also signed by the Assistant heads in some of the principal Offices. In forwarding it, Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, Acting Attorney-General, stated that no names of Officers in posts below the 2nd class had been appended to it because it was thought undesirable to multiply signatures, but that the signatories claimed to speak for all ranks of the Government Service.

I also forward in duplicate a letter on the same subject addressed to Your Lordship by Mr. A. G. Wise, Puisne Judge, who gives his reasons for not signing either of the Memorials referred to above.

I further transmit a copy of a Petition addressed to me through the Colonial Secretary, which, with minor alterations to make it applicable to different Departments, has been signed by practically all the European Officers of the Medical, Sanitary, and Public Works Departments. Slightly different Petitions, of which copies are annexed, have been submitted by the Masters of Queen's College, by the European Members of the Harbour and Prison Departments, and by the European Contingent of

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Enclosure 3. Enclosure 4. 491 Departments with the exception of the Colonial Secretary and of the Director of the Observatory, who is about to retire from the Service; it is also signed by the Assistant heads in some of the principal Offices. In forwarding it, Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, Acting Attorney-General, stated that no names of Officers in posts below the 2nd class had been appended to it because it was thought undesirable to multiply signatures, but that the signatories claimed to speak for all ranks of the Government Service. I also forward in duplicate a letter on the same subject addressed to Your Lordship by Mr. A. G. Wise, Puisne Judge, who gives his reasons for not signing either of the Memorials referred to above. I further transmit a copy of a Petition addressed to me through the Colonial Secretary, which, with minor alterations to make it applicable to different Departments, has been signed by practically all the European Officers of the Medical, Sanitary, and Public Works Departments. Slightly different Petitions, of which copies are annexed, have been submitted by the Masters of Queen's College, by the European Members of the Harbour and Prison Departments, and by the European Contingent of Enclosure 5.

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losure 4.

491

Departments with the exception of the Colonial Secretary

and of the Director of the Observatory, who is about to

retire from the Service; it is also signed by the Assistant

heads in some of the principal Offices. In forwarding it

Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, Acting Attorney-General, stated that

no names of Officers in posts below the 2nd. class had

been appended to it because it was thought undesirable to

multiply signatures but that the signatories claimed to

speak for all ranks of the Goverment Service.

I also forward in duplicate &

letter on the same subject addressed to Your Lordship by

Hr. A. G. Wise, Puisne Judge, who gives his reasons for not

signing either of the Memorials referred to above.

I further transmit a copy of a

Petition addressed to me through the Colonial Secretary

which, with minor alterations to make it applicable to

different Departments, has been signed by practically all

the European Officers of the Medical, Sanitary and Public

Works Departments. Slightly different Petitions of which

copies are annexed have been submitted by the Masters of

Queen's College, by the European Members of the Harbour

and Prison Departments and by the European Contingent of

Enclosure 5.

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