No.
138.
Hongkong.
183
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Rice26 MAY 10,
Government House,
Hongkong, 23rd. April, 1910.
11220
My Lord,
With reference to my Despatch
No. 137 of the 21st. instant concerning the transfer of
Mr. P N. H. Jones to be Director of Public Works in the
Gold Coast, and in reply to Your Lordship's telegram of the
19th. instant enquiring whether I wished his successor
appointed as Assistant Director of Public Works or whether
I recommended filling the vacancy by promotion in the
Colony and appointing a new Executive Engineer, I have the
honour to forward for Your Lordship's information the on-
-closed copy of a letter addressed to me by the senior
officers of the Public Works Department, dated the 18th.
nelosure!
helosure 2. idlosure &
instant together with a minute by the Director of Public
Works, dated the 19th. instant and a copy of the reply
which I directed the Colonial Secretary to address to the
signatories of the letter of the 18th. instant.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CRAVE
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