examination into the history of
the acting appointments
in
Hong Kong during the past
few years,
should have directed
your attention to the inconveniences
of a system which has rendered
such frequent changes and such
incongruous preferments possible;
and I
am
obliged
to you
for the careful consideration
you
have
[...]
and for
your
clear and full
statement of the opinion which
you have formed upon it.
2. For
my despatch No.73
of [date]
I have referred
to
422
to the arrangements for temporarily filling the subordinate offices of the Government, and will therefore now confine my
self to the consideration of your
recommendation that in
future
the Officer Commanding the
Troops should proceed to the
administration of the Govern-
ment whenever a
temporary
vacancy, from whatever cause,
occurs in the Office of Governor.
3. I agree that if the tem-
porary administration of the
Government were entrusted to
an
officer outside the Civil Service, the general disarrangement
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