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Supreme Court, dated the 13th. instant on the subject. Mr.

Kemp recommends that Mr. Melbourne rather than Mr.

J. V.

Lee-Jones should be appointed Deputy Registrar and

Appraiser. The salaries of the posts of Deputy Registrar

and Appraiser and of Deputy Registrar and Accountant are

identical, but I agree with Mr. Kemp that Mr. Melbourne

on account of his seniority at the Bar and in the legal

branch of the service would be benter qualified to act for

the Head of the Department, when the latter is on leave,

and I therefore concur in Mr. Kemp's recommendation.

5.

Woodcock will gain slightly

as in addition to his present salary he will enjoy the

privilege of free quarters at the Magistracy, which, how-

-ever, will not count for leave or pension purposes.

6.

Should Your Lordship approve

these recommendations I propose further that the usual

promotions in Queen's College should take effect, namely

that Mr. B. Ralphs should be appointed Second Master and

that Mr. R. J. Birbeck, the most senior of the Junior

Assistant Masters should be appointed to be a Senior

Assistant Master. As I consider it to be a matter of the

first importance that the Headmaster and Second Master of

Queen's College should be able to speak and write Chinese,

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