FOREIGN
OFFICE
C.O.
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FOREIGN OFFICE. Rece *
August 14th, 19616 AUG ON
Beauclerk
17, 16 June, 1900
bar Melenday- August 5, 1900
Sir:-
I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to
transmit to you to be laid before the Secretary of
State for the Colonies the accompanying copy of a
despatch from Mr. Beauclerk, Her Majesty's Minister
at Lima, forwarding a request from the Peruvian Gov-
ernment that the Authorities at Hongkong should be
instructed to assist the Peruvian Government in the
following matter.
It appears from the Memorandum which accompanies
Mr. Beauclerk's despatch that Mr. Grant Smith a
British subject, was dismissed from his post as
Peruvian Consul in Hongkong in July last for neglect
of his duties.
On the 15th of February last, at the request
of the Peruvian Minister in London, your Department
were informed that Mr. Grant Smith's appointment had
been
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.