CO129-468 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1921 [6-8] — Page 172

Enclosure.

B.I.W's Office,

Victoria Barracks,

Hongkong, 24th March, 1921.

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Sir,

Application for appointment as Assistant Engineer

With reference to my interview with you yesterday, I

now beg to make application for the projected new appointment of

Assistant Engineer,

I understand that the work connected with this appoint

-ment will consist mainly in the making of valuations of land

and buildings in the Colony, and the conduction of such

negotiations as the settlement of valuations between lessor and

lessee usually involves.

As my professional work for several years prior to the

war lay largely in this direction, I feel that I can confidently

offer myself for this appointment.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE.

From 1912-15 I was on the valuation staff of the

Superin tending Valuer of the South Lancs. Division of the Board

of Irland Revenue, and during that period valued town and country

properties under the clauses of the Finance Act 1909-10 to the

value of nearly 2 millions sterling. Prior to this I held an

appointment as chief surveyor in the Estate Office of the Great

Central Railway where I gained considerable aperience in the

frequently rather delicate work of making preliminary enquiries

and negotiations connected with the acquisition of land and

buildings required for the Company's use; also in the settlement

of boundary disputes and similar matters, and in building work

carried out by the Company.

I served articles with the surveyor to an Urban District outside Manchester and subsequently held a position for

5 years as Assistant Surveyor under the late T de Courogy Meade, City Surveyor at Manchester.

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