6. With reference to their letter to this office dated the 14th inst., I am directed to state that the medical officers of the Board of Trade have reported favourably upon Mr. R.C. Dixon and that a letter has been addressed to him appointing him to be Assistant Marine Surveyor in Hongkong.
&L(12)1)-6577--6000-6-90
Board of Trade
Date: 18 July 1890
Previous Paper: 1388-3
Dixon appointed 22 July
Agents list = 22 July
Hong Kong
No. 13914
(Subject.)
IREC 240 DOMESTIC.
C.O. 13914
RES 19 JUL 901
The Dixon's appt as Asst Marine Surveyor
Finds report of his medical examination
(Minutes.)
M: Meade
We have no option but to approve; but it will be a warning against employing the medical officers of the Board of Trade in future, & when the departmental papers are disposed of this should be noted by other departments.
I annex drafts. We had better appoint Mr. Dixon direct.
Subsequent Paper: 4211
The Correspondence to be sent to the colony hereafter
21 July