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It does not appear to me that Mr Hallifax can be "regarded as qualified" since he has not passed the test prescribed by the Secretary of State. The fact of his having acted for short periods in Honghong is not a qualification, and the Magisterial duties in the New Territory are I presume much less onerous thun those of the First Magistrate here.
In the minute quoted above the Colonial
Secretary reported three officers us being qualified to
fill the post of First Magistrate, Mr Hallifax, myself and
Mr Hazeland; and he ranked our comparative claims in that
Now I venture to assert that heroin he was wrong
The points can conveniently be put in
order.
by his own showing.
tabular form.
QUALIFICATIONS.
IRVING.
HALLI PAK.
HAZELAND.
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Knowledge
of Cantonese.
Yes.
Yo3.
Yes.
2.
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or Passed in Law.
Yes.
No.
Ies.
3.
Cadet.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
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Thus, I alone had the three necessary quali-
Nevertheless, my superiority on this point was
overweighed, in the opinion of the Colonial Secretary by
two special qualifications, which he states that Mr Hallifax
possessed.
They are,
"he is an exceedingly able officer"
and "has given geut satisfaction in his Hagisterial and
administrative work in the New Territories". On the first
point it is unnecessary to attempt to establish a comparison
between Mr Hallifax' ability as an officer and my OWD, since
Mr May
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