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to Hong Kong would postpone things indefinitely, I trust you will excuse my writing to you.

I have the honour to be

Your Bedient Servant

Gaston Pide margin

Dear Mr. de Martin,

31 December

386

I have received.

30th inst. & I think I can sa

not prejudice your

letter of the your fely say you!

would

chances of a transfer by

acking for permission to apply for work outside

the Colonial Service.

would not be prepared to

The S. of S.

make a

any app

lication on

your

be half for

俔ーを

Inspectorship in the Education Office

but

:

if you

wrote an

application &

forwarded i

GK>Q &;

unded it unde

rcover

it - with a brief

Hong Kong.

of a letter to this office, there would, I think,

be no objection to forwarding it

statement of your service in

It would not be possible to recommend

your application - for

a?

you

recommendations (such

desire) are never

Believe

given.

me,

Yours truly,

(2d.) L. C. Macnaghten.