CO129-366 - Governor Sir Lugard Acting Governor May - 1910 [4-5] — Page 254

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with officera originally appointed as Cadets for any post for

which your qualifications render you suitable". My position

will have reverted to that indicated when I was informed"your

status is not that of a Cadot Officer, and consequently you

have no claim to any Cadet Officer's appointuent other than

that which you at present hold".

(pape 6.)

In conclusion I respectfully beg that my claims

to the appointments of Colonial Tresurer, Registrar General

and First Wagistrate may be recognized; and if it is consider-

ed necessary that I should have further experience of the

working of these Departments, that I may be given opportunities

of acquiring it.

I attach a diagram shewing the longth of ser-

vice after which the Hong Kong Cadet Officera senior to me

obtained first class appointments; also the comparative lengtha

of service of Mesars Messer, Hallifax and myself.

I regret deeply that I have been compelled to

trouble Your Lordship with so detailed u statoment, und trust

that the necessity, by which I have felt constrained, of quoting

in every case the authority for my statements, may be accepted

as an excuse for the length of this memorial.

I have the honour to be,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

Coward Irving Собы

Director of Education.