Am w. 31. 6 Ast.
Governor. No.
Twen 328
Date.
1883 5 Dec
Last previous Paper.
for
72413/83
2 rm 22 H&S 1740)
12271
LA
Hongkong Recd
32
No.
885
(Subject.)
Reg: 16 Jan. 84
Confidential Exam? for Appointments
Rest & Regres for
submit that petty appointments are at "absolute" disposal of the Governor
(Minutes.)
Mr. Meade
My minute of 12413/83 shows exactly how the matter stood when the despatch, to which this replies, was written.
Brand
? Explain that Lord Derby desired to receive from Sir H. Bowen a more direct expression of opinion on Lord Kimberley's suggestion, that nomination before examination should be introduced so that the Candidate who obtained the largest number of marks and satisfied all the conditions need not be passed over, and that in particular his Lordship had wished to hear why the Governor had not accepted Lord Kimberley's suggestion in toto but had put the words "as a rule" at the beginning of rule 12. Add that Lord Derby himself, and as he believed his two predecessors [Lord Carnarvon in 12746 and Lord Kimberley in 128%] had had no intention appearing to interfere with the Governor's patronage, but had merely wished to offer suggestions in regard to Regulations, laid before them, which Regulations were understood [from parag. 2 of 12740] to be...