The prohibition to leave the house made it impossible for him to attend the Colonial Secretary's Office.
It caused some difficulty in appointing a successor to Mr Deane. I was placed in considerable difficulty. I felt that the officer who had the strongest claims to the appointment from length of service and local experience was the Registrar General.
To appoint him, however, would have necessitated the appointment of the Assistant Colonial Secretary to act as Registrar General, there being absolutely no other officer available for the post.
It would have been impossible to fill Mr May's place at the Colonial Secretary's Office, and in his