Hong Kong
No 253.
10th November 1896.
Governor
Sir William Robinson,
K.C.M.G, to
The Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain,
M. P.
Appointments in the Gaol and Public Works Department.
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Sir,
Downing Street,
11 December
1896.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch,
No.
253
of the
10th ultimo,
and to convey to you my approval of the appointment of Mr. J. Mears
to be Warder in Victoria Gaol and of Mr Wolfe to be Overseer in the Public Works Department on the terms specified in your despatch, subject to satisfactory probation.
I have the honour to be,
The Officer administering the Government of
Sir
Your most obedient humble Servant,