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DRAFT.
C. W. Jeffries Esq.
Royal Astronomer
Cape & For Men.
Mr.
Mr.
MINUTE.
AM 15
Mr. Just.
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
Sir F. Hopwood.
Mr. Churchill.
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The Earl of Elgin.
30.
Sir,
18 July 1907.
I am directed by the E of B to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July 5th and to inform you that you have been passed as physically fit for service and have accordingly been selected for appointment as First Assistant at the Hong Kong Observatory on the terms communicated to you in the letter from this department of the 18th of June.
2. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty state that they propose to allow your resignation to date from the day preceding your embarkation for Hong Kong and that they have authorised the Astronomer Royal at the Cape Observatory to grant you such leave as you may require to enable you to make the necessary preparations.
3. As soon as you have settled the date at which you can leave the Cape for Hong Kong you should inform the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong of the exact day on which you may be expected to arrive in that Colony. You will be entitled to half salary from the date of embarkation and the...
HONG KONG
Adm/24844
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216
DRAFT.
C. W. Jiff riso Esq.
Royal bariton
Cape & For Men.
Mr.
Mr.
MINUTE.
AM 15
Mr. Just.
Mr. Antrobu.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
Sir F. Hopwood.
Mr. Churchill.
/
The Earl of Elgin.
30.
sir,
18
July 1907.
I am directed by the E of B to
ack the receipt of your letter of July 5th and to inform you that you
have been passed as physically fit for service and have accordingly been
selected for appointment as First
Asst at the Hong Kong Observatory on
the terms communicated to you in the
letter from this dept of the 18th of
June.
2 The L.C of the Admiralty state
that they propose to allow your re- signation to date from the day preceding your embarkation for Hong Kong and
that they have authorised the Astron-
emer Royal at the Cape Observatory
to grant you such leave as you may
require to enable you to make the
necessary preparations.
3 As soon as you have settled the
date at which you can leave the Cape
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for Hong Kong you should inform
the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong of
the exact day on which you may be
expected to arrive in that Colony.
You will be entitled to half salary
from the date of embarkation and te
S.
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