PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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Miscellaneous
No. 118.
Extract from
a Circular Despatch of the Secretary of State to the Governors of Colonies not possessing Responsible Government, dated 18th December, 1897.
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PUBLIC RECORD, OFFICE, LONDON
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Letters recommending Colonial officers for promotion or honours are received at this Office from so many correspondents who appear to have been appealed to on the ground of their supposed influence, but who have neither themselves been connected with the Colonial Service nor are in a position to julge of the merits of other candidates for similar promotion, that I am compelled to request you to make it known among such officers of your Government as it may be likely to affect that
I do not approve of the use of these means to influence my judgment, and that applications of this kind are by no means necessarily of advantage to the persons recommended in obtaining the fulfilment of their wishes,
2. I do not mean to suggest, however, that the great majority
of Colonial officers have not already a perception of the draw- backs and the irregularity of the proceedings upon which I have felt it my duty to comment, and this should be stated in the communication which I have directed you to make to your officers on the subject.
3. It should also be stated that I have no wish to discourage direct applications from officers who desire promotion to particular 'appointments, or who consider that their services entitle them to promotion generally. Such applications will continue to receive my careful consideration, provided, of course, that, if the officer is in the Colony when he applies, the Colonial Regulations as to the transmission of correspondence through the Governor are complied with.
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