CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11] — Page 26

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PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE,

Hongkong, 2nd December, 1915.

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I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your instruct- -ions informing me of the proposed change in my duties.

It will be my earnest endeavour to carry out the duties in the Architectural Office in a manner which will meet with your approval and that of the Goverment as I have hitherto tried to do in the previous sub-departments which have been under

my charge.

I would however ask that as I, a Civil Engineer, have now to take charge of an Architectural Office, thereby carrying out entirely different professional duties to that for which I was engaged for, visa Civil Engineer, I may receive an allowance adequate to the scope of the double duties.

The fact that I hold the highest Architectural qualifications is personal to myself and my diploma cost me a considerable amount to obtain but I relinquished all Architectural professional works many years ago on the advice of an eminent Eye Specialist as I suffered so much from eye strain.

I feel the honour done me in placing me in charge however of the office and I believe I can do good work there and only ask for similar consideration to that already being given to other officers carrying out important works or duties more within their legitimate sphere than the duties here referred to are within mine.

May I however now be pardoned if I refer to the relinquishing of the superintendence of the Maintenance of roads

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