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6. Privals Oberwatory
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fire: 26 JUN 17
Kowloon" Geam Road Sutton. Surray. June 25th 1914.
The Under Secretary of State
Sir.
canal office.
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I have the honour to acknowlidas the receipt of your
Cester The 20th mistant. 2. Scintifle mm are not in me habit of constructing new tables within 3 month's, but of waiting batimitly till all sources, of Error are gradually diminated and the accuracy of the data is pushed to the utmost, A faws ggars ago I published tablis concerning another branch of science, which it took mi forty years to accomplish.
my
of
3. The Letter from my Governor of Hong Kong
miplees howwer so grial appriciation The value of my work, that it is possible for me not to comply with His Exaltmay's wishes, so much the more as the robled chala
health is due to His Excellmcy's patronage locum kmens at Hong Kong, which what led me to take finantat and much minded lowss of abtines during is latter part of my service in the Colony, with which hawe bim conictid during 344rais, and I have received much other kindniss' at His Excellency's hands.
of my locum
4.1 therefore inclore a
copy of all the
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