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work and responsibility thrown upon the Official Receiver

in connection with Bankruptcies in Hongkong is therefore

onerous and responsible, and I consider that a salary not

less than that of the Assessor of Rates and of the Deputy

Registrars of the Supreme Court who, though performing

less responsible duties, are all in receipt of Dollar

Salaries of $3,600 to $4,200 which at 3 shillings to the

Dollar equals £540 to £630, should attach to the post and

I have to ask your authority by telegraph to provide for

the appointment at this rate (£540 by £30 triennially to

£630) in the Estimates for next year.

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For this appointment, if sanction-

-ed by Your Lordship, I desire to strongly recommend Mr. -----

A. G. M. Fletcher, Passed Cadet of nearly seven years

standing, who is at present absent on leave in England, on

condition that he undergoes a period of preliminary train-

-ing in Bankruptcy work at the Board of Trade in England.

His knowledge of the Chinese language will be of much

assistance to him in dealing with the accounts of bankrupt

estates which in this Colony are for the most part Chinese.

Mr. Fletcher is an Officer of exceptional ability whose

appointment I can from personal observation of his work

recommend with confidence, in which the Chief Justice

shares

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