the vacancy.
2. When M. Tonnoely died in December 1887, M. Hayward, as you may remember, applied for the office of Superintendent. From the wording of the Acting Governor's despatch, which forwarded his application for the consideration of the Secretary of State, I gathered that the latter had considered it favourably and distinctly recommended him for the appointment.
Before acting upon his recommendation, however, I caused private enquiries to be made at the Home Office regarding M. Hayward. The opinion of the authorities in that department as to whether he was sufficiently above the ordinary standard of the Warder class to be capable of controlling European Warders was sought. The officer who was in charge at Chatham prison at the time when M. Hayward left it for Hong Kong reported that in his opinion M. Hayward was most certainly so qualified. He added...
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