CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 528

COLONIAL SERVICE*

525

Name of Office.

Colony.

Hongkong Afotterary

Assistant Analyst.

Salary of present 250 - £300

From

To

18 August fresent

1902

Average of fees, if any,

for the last 3 years

}

Whether a house or lodging is provided.} Quartus provided

or an allowance in lieu thereof

Any other circumstances affecting the value of the appointment

PROMOTION DESIRED §

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Jam willing to go to any reasonably healthy Colony in which my bife and children could love, and where the appointment is entrichy analytical. The thrait's bettlements, Federated dealestate Heylol, British dart or Central Aficca, or the West Indies could be aconflable.

Initial salary £4.50-15 £500 per annum.

* Acting appointments are not to be entered here, but may be mentioned on the next page.

If the officer holds more than one office, full particulare of each must be given.

If private practice is allowed, the estimated value should be stated.

§ The value of a Colonial appointment depends apon so many circumstances besides the salary that the Secretary of State oftan cannot judge what would be acceptable to an officer. Applicants for promotion should therefore, in their own interests, state as prcissis as possible what they desire, either specifying certain appointments, or at least mentioning the Colonics to which they would or would not be willing to go, and the amount of salary which they think that they may reasonably expect.

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[Any further information which may be considered necessary should be written on this page, and not in a

I dald

C187 Kl 1904

€1908

• letter. From 17 as bout Analyst at Boughing.

acting appointment

Dining 1907 I spent yourouths of my leave at the Royal Sahot of mines in acquiring thorough instruction in modern methods of Arraying & Installurgical Analyies. Copy of a report on my work leg Prof. Carland, is subjomed

In January 1908 3 farred the Final examination of the Institute of Chemisting in Branch b metallurgical Chemilly, and was child to the Fellowship. The above sludeis & examination entailul considerable firemal exfence.

My analytical experience

covers a very wide field, but I Consider should de especially meful in any Colony, whole mineral

bring

Cloud to be developed.

I am not anfivus to have Hougtong, but the pay of my present host is quite inadequate, some it not for private means it till be impossible for me to maintain angself & family with any approach to comfort. When on leave it is little more than though to pay my own passage both ways. The value of my fredquarters is gebally diminished by the fact that's

"they do not count towards penside.

Apparently, there is no immediate prospect of fromation to the port of bolt Analyst here and, should such a vasovy mour the salary under the stucking Salaristcheme is very low. & compares My subfaronnally with the the medical "Bubble Works departmedels. It is filed at £360p

pary of other professional. itseo, i.c.on the same scale as the Assistant Bactériologist.

Imperial College of Science Technology.

Royal school of Reines

South Kenning Con

London 5.W. 12 Fely 1908.

I have much pleasure in bearing testimony. qualifications of W. A. C. Franklin as an arrayer.

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From the 20 Opel to the 23rd July, & from the 2nd Stober (1907 the and if January (1908) he took a special course of inshaction in the metallurgical Laborating of the Royal School of Mine During this comise he displayed exceptional ability & fainstaking care in all the assay, analytical, tothe work he had to perford.

Ite can, I ful sure, be relied on l' carry out any such work, that may be entrusted to him, in efficient & trustwortly

thoroughly

(850r)

(signed) W. Gowland

Anfines of Installurgy