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keen allowed to withdraw
from the appointment,
and that it is a fact of
which I must express
my regret
that
you
were not earlier informed
and that it has been
offered to and
accepted
by Col. Gordon recently head of the police and Inspector of Prisons in
I may
however point out that Mr. Dudley & Kinnear possessed considerable experience of prison matters
I did not refer to the incident
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in his career. Dakingtofa was four times greater than he mentioned in Zanzibar. has been credited with our
your despatch; and as
regards
the
Suggestions
which
you
have
offered
with
regard to
filling up the appointment
in
question, I may repeat that the greatest care has been taken
by communication with the Home Office
every effort
was made
by making the vacancy public through
the medium
of Circulating the particulars of the Home Office
amongst
and
to secure the services
of
the different countries.
Handing over
of their country
5b
a trained official,
Had less care