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by him to Your Lordship.
I wrote as last Mail? "In
follows by the my despatch 1.91 of the 30th May ultimo, (which should be read together with this despatch), I "explained (paragraph 3) why it "would be improper to place Mr. ... Horspool, the Chief Inspector, though a meritorious officer in his present position, in command, for any length of time, of the Police Corps of this Colony.
It will be recollected, moreover, that Mr. Horspool has declined the offer made him in your Lordship's despatch No 112 of 18th February and that he contemplates an early return to England!
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I feel constrained to add that the Captain Superintendent, (Mr. Deane), before leaving Hongkong, strongly advised me against the appointment of Mr. Horspool as his Locum Tenens; and pointed out that when Mr. Horspool had previously acted as Superintendent, he, (Mr. Deane), had always, (except on one occasion, and for a brief period), been in the Colony, as Acting Colonial Secretary, or Acting Treasurer, and had practically