DRAFT.
MINUTE.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade,
Sir R. Herbert.
Mr. Ashley.
Lord Derby.
Oct. 1885.
With reference to your letter dated the 24th of July and to your reply dated the 4th of August last, A30017, Tu586/185.
I am directed by the Earl of Derby to state that the salary offered does not appear to be sufficient to secure a gentleman to fill the post of Governor of Victoria Gaol, Hong Kong.
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"The Under Secretary of State.
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belles from this Department
you are to send a private letter to Mr. Meade in reply to his letter relative to the selection of a gentleman to fill the post of Governor of Victoria Gaol, Hong Kong.
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