CO129-400 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [3-4] — Page 43

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31 MAR 13!

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 7th. March, 1913.

onclosure 1.

Sir.

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8. Referring to your Despatch No. 25 of 24th.

January, 1908, I have the honour to inform you that Mr. E. Osborne

tendered his resignation of his seat on the Legislative Council on

30th. January owing to his departure from the Colony on retirement.

I enclose copy of a letter which I caused to be addressed to him

under date 3rd. February.

2.

I have provisionally and subject to His

Majesty's pleasure appointed Mr. Edward Shellim to the vacancy and

have now to recommend that the appointment be confirmed.

3.

Mr. Shellim is Manager of the firm of Messrs.

David Sassoon and Company, Limited, and has strong claims to the

seat by reason of long residence in the Colony, of the large

mercantile interests which he represents and of his business abili-

-ty. He has for three terms been Chairman of the Hongkong and

Shanghai Banking Corporation.

4.

Before offering the seat to lir. Shellim I

invited Mr. N. J. Stabb, Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai

Banking Corporation, to serve,

rve, but after giving careful considera-

-tion to the matter he informed me that he was unable to spare time

to undertake the duties. I then invited Mr. G. T. Edkins, Manager

of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, to take the vacant seat, but his

principals

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, H.P.,

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