3
Government had agreed to
Inve
the appoint Too Ping-lung, Chinese Consul at Singapore, to be Consul at Houghong
appointment
tment of Mr.
for
on the
one year, undering that he
should be withdrawn at
the end of that time
if
the appointment should be found not to work
well.
2.
With a view of making the announcement
public.
I laid a copy of - publis I laid Your Lordship's despateh - before the Legislative
Council at its last,
meeting.
3
In the previous.
correspondence
On
the
473
this appointment,
subject of this
Dir G. William Des Vaux has
referred fully to the objections which have always existed, and still do exist, on the part of the whole community
this