Come When I come There on
· provided; and a
the personal & official duties
of the Governor the better done then
Man
of late I should have been
glad to salve the appointment
Mewn
Jan 16
I see no objection:
I will bear it in hand.
D.9.18.
RECD 17 JAN 63,
3. Grosvenor Gardens
London.
H
Jan. 16. 1883.
It appears, to my great surprise, that there is no provision at present for an
Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Hong Kong; although several late Governors have had the assistance of
Military Officers on their Staff; and although the War Office concurs in this arrangement. Indeed the Officer now Commanding the Troops at Hong Kong, (General Sargent) was authorised to allow
on his arrival, to select
for Robert G. W. Herbert R.C.B.
Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office.