PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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C.O. 882
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In this juncture Mr. Clifford Lloyd applied for leave of absence, and left for England last month with the announcement that he would be back before the end of the year.
Whatever may have been said to the contrary by a minority actuated by divers motives which it is useless to explain here, our Governor, Sir John Pope Hennessy, has done much for the good of the Colony during the three past years of his administration; by his kind, just, and liberal policy he has gained the sympathy of the vast majority of the inhabitants of this Island, and he has done more than any of our previous Governors to endear to the Mauritians the ties which unite this Colony to the Empire.
We entreat you, Sir, to give Mr. Lloyd some appointment elsewhere than in Mauritius. In so speaking we have no personal ill-feeling towards him, but we are sincerely convinced that for the good government of this Colony, it is desirable that he should not resume his post here. A Colonial Secretary should work in harmony with the Governor, and he should therefore be on good terms with him. He is to give him advice, and if he differs with him he is fully entitled to express his opinion in the Executive Council, but he must not, on any account, publicly oppose the policy of the Government.
Such are the views to which we take the liberty of respectfully calling your attention. With the hope that you will take our communication into your favourable considera- tion,
We have, &c.
(Signed)
VINCENT GEFFROY, Member for Black River.
H. LECLÉZIO, Member for Moka.
H. ADAM, Member for Flacq.
V. NAZ, Member for Savanne.
H. PORTAL, Member for Grand Port.
POVAH AMBROSE, M.L.C.
GN. ARLANDA, M.L.C.
W. A. EDWARDS, D.M., M.L.C.
George GuiBERT.
No. 33.
THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD stanhope, M.P., to GovERNOR SIR J. POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.
(No. 116.) SIB,
Downing Street, October 28, 1886.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 29th of September forwarding a letter addressed to me by nine members of the Council of Government, expressing their desire that for the reasons stated in their letter Mr. Clifford Lloyd may not be allowed to return to Mauritius in an official position.
Since the matters referred to in this letter are now under investigation by Sir Hercules Robinson, it does not appear desirable for me to enter into them on the present
occasion.
It is, however, unlikely that Mr. Clifford Lloyd will return to Mauritius at present, the medical officer of this Department having reported that the state of his health is such as to render it impossible for him to do so with safety.
Sir J. Hennessy.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
EDWARD STANHOPE,
No. 34.
The RIGHT HON. SI HERCULES ROBINSON, G.C.M.G., to the RIGHT HON. EDWARD STANHOPE, M.P. (Received December 17, 1886.)
Mauritius, November 18, 1886.
SIN,
I HAVE the honour to inform you that received on the 21st ultimo your two despatches of the 29th September last, forwarding respectively my commission and instructions for the purposes of the enquiry which Her Majesty's Government has desired that I should make in this Colony.
I accordingly left Simon's Bay in H.M.S. "Raleigh" on the 23rd October, and arrived at Port Louis on Wednesday, the 3rd instant.
• No. 32.
† Nos. 25 and 26.
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I landed the following day, and at once commenced the enquiry with which I am charged.
I have, &c. (Signed) HERCULES ROBINSON,
Royal Commissioner.
The Right Hon. Edward Stanhope, M.P.
No. 35.
GOVERNOR SI J. POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G., to THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD STANHOPE, M.P. (Received December 17, 1886.)
(No. 415.)
Government House, Mauritius, Sta,
November 22, 1886. I HAVE the honour to submit, for Her Majesty's gracious confirmation and allowance, Ordinance No. 7 of 1886, entitled "An Ordinance to confer certain powers on the "Commissioner appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to inquire into the affairs of the
Colony of Mauritius.”
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2. I enclose a copy of a letter from the Procureur-General giving the reason why this measure was introduced into the Council of Government.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. POPE HENNESSY.
The Right Honourable Edward Stanhope, M.P.,
&c. *
&c.
&c.
Enclosure I in No. 35. Ordinance No. 7 of 1886.
AN ORDINANCE enacted by the Governor of Mauritius and its Dependencies, with the advice and consent of the Council of Government thereof, to confer certain powers on the Commissioner appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to inquire into the affaire of the Colony of Mauritius.
I assent,
November 10, 1886.
J. POPE HENNEMY.
WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honorable Sir Hercules Robinson, Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, to be Commissioner to inquire into the affairs of this Colony;
And whereas it is expedient to confer certain powers on the said Commissioner;
Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council of Government as follows:-
Definition.
1. The said Commissioner, Sir Hercules Robinson, is herein-after called the Commissioner.
Summoning of Witnesses to give Evidence and to produce Papers.
2. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner, by summons in such manner and form as he shall think fit, to require the attendance before him, at a place and time to be mentioned in the summons, which time shall be a reasonable time from the service of such summons, of any person whomsoever whose evidence in the judgment of the Com missioner may be material to the subject matter of the inquiry to be made by him, and to require every such person to bring with him and to produce to the Commissioner such books, papers, and writings of every description as to the Commissioner shall appear necessary to be produced to bin, and every such person shall be bound to attend the Commissioner and to answer all questions put to him by the Commissioner, or by the leave and in the presence of the Commissioner, touching the subject matter of mach inquiry, and to produce all such books, papers, and writings whatsoever in his possession or custody, or under his control, according to the intent of the summons.