CO129-377 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [5] — Page 6

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Government House,

Hongkong, 1st. May, 1911.

Referring to your telegram of 7th.

February informing me of the retirement of Mr. J. F. Boulton

and to paragraph 3 of your Despatch No. 39 of 10th. February

requesting me to submit recommendations with regard to his

successor, I have the honour to state that I have appointed

Mr. H. P. Tooker, the Senior Executive Engineer in the

Public Works Department, to act as Second Assistant Director

of Public Works as from the 1st. ultimo and I recommend that

he should be substantively appointed to that post with effect

from the 12th. ultimo at the existing salary namely, $4,800

to $5,100 by $300 triennially with a conveyance allowance of

$360 per annum. A record of Mr. Tooker's service will be

found on page 333 of the Civil Service List for the year 1911

2.

I have communicated with Mr. Tooker

in the above sense and in reply he asks that should you be

pleased to approve of his appointment he may be allowed to

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

&c.,

&C.

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