Your Excellency's
time forwarded
A copy of my minute recorded
on the subject is, therefore, unnecessary for me
to repeat it. All that remains for
me to do is to request, as I do most respectfully:
communicating with
that Your Excellency, in Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies
by the subject, will be pleased to
recommend this application for His Lordship's
favourable consideration.
I have to
(signed) Frederick Stewart
Acting Colonial Secretary
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9 March 1881
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"Sir J. P. Hennessy Henry
Mr Lucas. 21 March
Mr. De Rebeck 21 March
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade, 22
Mr. Herbert.
Mr. Grant Duff.
Lord Kimberley.
Sir
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25 March 1881
I have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your despatch
No. 9 of
the 5th ultimo
24/4 forwarding an application
from Dr. J. Stewart
for the police magistracy
held
by the late Mr. Pleadwell.
2. I
regret that I am unable
to comply with Dr. Stewart's wishes in this respect,
the appointment having
been offered to and accepted by Mr. Wodehouse.
3. With reference however
to my
despatch