CO129-409 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [1-3] — Page 414

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your registered letter of the 7tu. instant (No. 5500/1913) forward- -ing for my information a copy of a despatch dated the 15th. Cctober last from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the re-appointment of Unofficial Members of Colonial Legislative Councils. The letter reached my hands at Shanghai just as I was going on board the S. S. "Mongolia" to return to this Colony, and that will account for this reply being sent from my chambers in Hongkong.

2.

The decision of the Secretary of State coincides with my circunstances and intention in the subject matter under reply, as the continued weak and unsatisfactory state of my health precludes any possibility of my acceptance of a further term on the Council were I to be re-appointed.

3.

I desire to thank His Excellency the Governor most sincerely for the very kind remarks to which he has given ex- -pression concerning my long connection with the Legislative Council and such public services as I have been enabled to render

to the Colony in which I was born and bred. I feel, however, that I scarcely deserve all His excellency's kind and complimentary remarks, being fully conscious of many short-comings during the

32 years I have been permitted to associate with public affairs in

this Colony.

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I take this opportunity of thanking His Excellency

also for all his past kindnesses to me and for the many acts of

courtesy which he has extended to me on many occasions.

The Honourable

Mr. Claud Severn,

Colonial Secretary.

I have etc., (Sd.) Kai Ho Kai.