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to reply.

Then, through a compatriot, I approached Sir Paul Chater, one

of the oldest and most respected residents of the Colony, and oraved his assistance, but again the weight of the bureaucracy was too strong, for Sir Paul, notwithstanding his sense of justice and

fairplay, was able to accomplish nothing; though I strongly

suspect he was the writer of a letter which appeared in the "Hongkong Daily Prese" complaining about the summary dismissal by the Govern

ment of an old servant (myself), without first referring the matter

to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, as is done in the case

of European servants with a long record of service.

I would particularly direct your attention to the reference

by the Head of the Sanitary Department, Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, to the

rules and regulations which governed my employment as a foreman in

the Sanitary Department, and to my reply to his remarks.

Apparently, Mr. Wolfe was annoyed that I should be so well

versed in the rules governing my work, otherwise he would have seen

the justice of my submission to him, and there would have been no

necessity for my case to have been heard by the Executive Council.

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As you will perceive from the accompanying documents, this

dismiesel has been very prejudicial to my interests, since my

services have been devoted for over 16 years to his Majesty in all

parts of the Empire. I naye served for about 16 years in this

Colony alone 5 years in the Hongkong Police Force; 5 years in

private service, for which I have good testimonials; and 6 years

in the Sanitary Department where I have not received justice.

However, as justice is tardy in this part of the globe, and

as I have exhausted all my sources of obtaining it in the Far East,

I have now been compelled to go to the fountain head, and appeal to

you as the embodiment of British justice and fairplay to carefully

consider the papers I have placed before you, and to use your best