In O.S.O.. N. 103.
Marsilla, 27 December, 1875. (Received 8 January, 1872)
General Yzquierdo, Governor General of the
Philippines
Governor
to
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
K. C. M. G.
C. B.
M. F. W. Mitchell,
Postmaster General of Hong Kong
Announces the grant of the Order of Companion of Charles III of Spain to ... I request that he may
and
be allowed to wear the
insignia of the Order...
No 35 God Save Sir A. Karnady.
MINUTE.
Indexed
922
2536
Hongkong
138
20 March 1872
Sir
With reference to Sir R.
No — 18 March 1872 MacDonnell's despatch No 922
Mr. Meade.
Mr. Holland.
Mr. Herbert.
Mr. Hugessen. Lord Kimberley.
19
19
of the 17th January, I have to
the
inform you that having regard to the regulations laid down in Article 8 of Colonial Regulations (referred to in Page 159) which
govern the acceptance and wearing of Foreign orders, I regret that
I cannot sanction the acceptance
by M.F.W. Mitchell
of the Order of Charles the Third, conferred
on him by H.M. The King of Spain. I have
not been able to sanction...
Enclosure in Governor Sir
Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch No. 922 of 8 January
1872.