Hong Kong
K. No. 5-328
Office or Individual.
Date.
Last previous Paper.
(S229)
June 18 1875
Straits Mr W-21; Houskas 2058 June 26"- 1875
(Subject.)
DOMESTIC.
548
1875
Appointment of Capt. M'beven as Master.
Explanations submitted as to circumstances under which the appointment was made.
(Minutes.)
Mr. Meade
The course pursued has been very singular. I saw Sir A. Kennedy on Saturday and asked him why he had not applied to the Sec. of State when he had no one in the Colony fit for the acting appt.
He said he would not have replied that he would have appointed the place without an reference to England, & then confer with him after. When I asked why he had not waited for sanction...