CO129-342 - Governor Lugard & Public Offices - 1907 [11-12] — Page 217

In any further communica
tion on this subject, please quote
A.
and address letter to--
The Secretary,
Admiralty, Whitehall,
London, S.W.
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Sir,

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With reference to your letter of the 18th ultimo, No.20955, stating that the Secretary of State desires to offer the appointment of First Assistant at the Hong Kong Observatory to Mr C.W. Jeffries, an Established Computer at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you for the information of the Earl of Elgin, that they have no objection to Mr Jeffries accepting this post, and he has been informed accordingly.

Mr Jeffries has been on leave from the Cape since January last and left England to return to duty on the 6th instant. My Lords do not therefore feel justified in grant-ing him any further extension of leave without consulting the Astronomer Royal at the Cape Observatory. They understand that Mr Jeffries will commence to draw pay in his new appointment from the date on which he embarks at Capetown for Hong Kong where according to the letter under reply he is desired to arrive about the 13th September. They therefore propose to allow Mr Jeffries' resignation to date
from the day prior to that of embarkation and have communica-ted this decision to the Astronomer, authorising him to
grant Mr Jeffries any leave which he may require to enable
him to make the necessary preparations for proceeding to
Hong Kong.

ader Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE,
*P.-Na 8.
S. W.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Jer. H. Hoste
for bes

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In any further communication on this subject, please quote
A.
and address letter to—
The Secretary,
Admiralty, Whitehall,
London, S.W.
213
}
1
24344, Reet 7 July 07
1907.

According to return 6357/08 MJ amid
Colony
q
in
07
aut 27/2/08
>
Sir,

MO
With reference to your letter of the 18th ultimo, No.20955, stating that the Secretary of State desires to offer the appointment of First Assistant at the Hong Kong Observatory to Mr C.W. Jeffries, an Established Computer at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you for the information of the Earl of Elgin, that they have no objection to Mr Jeffries accepting this post, and he has been informed accordingly.

Mr Jeffries has been on leave from the Cape since January last and left England to return to duty on the 6th instant. My Lords do not therefore feel justified in granting him any further extension of leave without consulting the Astronomer Royal at the Cape Observatory. They understand that Mr Jeffries will commence to draw pay in his new appointment from the date on which he embarks at Capetown for Hong Kong where according to the letter under reply he is desired to arrive about the 13th September. They therefore propose to allow Mr Jeffries' resignation to date
from the day prior to that of embarkation and have communicated this decision to the Astronomer, authorising him to
grant Mr Jeffries any leave which he may require to enable
him to make the necessary preparations for proceeding to
Hong Kong.

Under Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE,
P.No 8.
S.W.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Jer. H. Hoste
for Assistant Under Secretary of State

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In any further communication on this subject, please quote A. and address letter to— The Secretary, Admiralty, Whitehall, London, S.W. 213 } 1 24344, Reet 7 July 07 1907.

According to return 6357/08 MJ amid Colony q in 07 aut 27/2/08 > Sir,

MO With reference to your letter of the 18th ultimo, No.20955, stating that the Secretary of State desires to offer the appointment of First Assistant at the Hong Kong Observatory to Mr C.W. Jeffries, an Established Computer at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you for the information of the Earl of Elgin, that they have no objection to Mr Jeffries accepting this post, and he has been informed accordingly.

Mr Jeffries has been on leave from the Cape since January last and left England to return to duty on the 6th instant. My Lords do not therefore feel justified in granting him any further extension of leave without consulting the Astronomer Royal at the Cape Observatory. They understand that Mr Jeffries will commence to draw pay in his new appointment from the date on which he embarks at Capetown for Hong Kong where according to the letter under reply he is desired to arrive about the 13th September. They therefore propose to allow Mr Jeffries' resignation to date from the day prior to that of embarkation and have communicated this decision to the Astronomer, authorising him to grant Mr Jeffries any leave which he may require to enable him to make the necessary preparations for proceeding to Hong Kong.

Under Secretary of State, COLONIAL OFFICE, P.No 8. S.W. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Jer. H. Hoste for Assistant Under Secretary of State

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