CO129-455 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [7-9] — Page 295

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 29th August, 1919.

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My Lord,

I have the honour to bring to Your Lord-

-ship's notice the fact that on the promotion of Mr. T. L.

Perkins in February, 1918, from the maintenance of Roads and Buildings Office of the Public Works Department to the position

of First Assistant Director of Public Works, that portion of

the work of the office, which was concerned exclusively with

the maintenance of Buildings was transferred to the Architect-

-ural Office, as being the office most fitted to deal with it.

2.

It was unfortunately necessary to make this

arrangement at a time when the Architectural Office Staff was

already below its full complement, owing to the impossibility

of filling certain vacancies which had occurred, and the work

of the office which had continuously been increasing by reason

of a number of new building schemes, was thereby further

augmented,

3.

I have to bring to your notice the excel-

-lent work which has been performed by Mr. H. C. Lowick,

Assistant Engineer in the Architectural Office, since the

change outlined above has taken place. Mr. Lowick has not

spared himself in the performance of his increased duties,

and has, in addition to the ordinary maintenance work, taken

charge of several large contracts for new buildings in a most

satisfactory

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

VISCOUNT MIINER, G.C.B.,

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