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No. 71.

ADMINISTRATOR MAJOR-GENERAL W. H. HAWLEY to the RIGHT HON SIR H. T.

HOLLAND, BART., G.C.M.G., M.P. (Received March 7, 1887.) (No. 89.)

Government House, Mauritius SIR,

February 11, 1887. REFERRING to my despatch of the 17th of January* enclosing a petition from certain lawyers, landowners, &c. containing serious reflections on Sir Hercules Robinson and myself, I have the honour to state, for your information, that this petition is signed by several members of the Catholic Union and other gentlemen, who hold rather extreme views on the subject of their religion. With regard to the statements they have made about myself, I may state that it has been the custom in Mauritius for many years past for the Governor or Officer Commanding the Troops to preside at the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and it has always been understood that it has not been, neither is intended to, thereby express on the part of the officers presiding any political or religious bias. I may add that from my arrival in the Island, now five years since, I have as a rule carefully avoided taking any prominent part in discussions, either political or religious.

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The petitioners state that I have favoured the Protestants at the expense of the Catholics in selecting the members for the Council of Education; this I cannot admit to be fact. Divided as this small community is into so many parties and sections and it being borne in mind that the large proportion of the inhabitants are non- Christians and wholly uneducated, the selection of a real representative board is a matter of great difficulty. I devoted to it considerable care and thought, and can confidently say that the gentlemen selected this year, were selected as far as possible on the principles laid down by Lord Granville in the third paragraph of his despatch of the 7th of July last, and so as to represent fairly all parties, but not exclusively from a religious point of view, although, as will be seen by the printed list enclosed, the Roman Catholics are still in a majority.

I have, &c. (Signed) W. H. HAWLEY,

Major-General.

The Right Hon. Sir Henry T. Holland, Bart., M.P.,

&c.

&c.

&c.

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EXTRAORDINARY MEMBERS.

His Honour Mr. Justice Rouillard The Hon. C. F. H. Adam

The Hon. C. Meldrum, C.M.G.

The Hon. L. Rouillard

The Hon. J. Fraser

The Hon. W. J. A. Edwards, M.D.

J. A. Ferguson, Esquire R. W. Chamney, Esquire Martial Noël, Esquire

P. E. de Chazal, Esquire

COLLEGE COMMITTEE.

The Hon. Sir V. Naz, K.C.M.G., Chairman. — The Hon. G. Guibert.

P. L. Chastellier, Esquire.

Dr. Poupinel de Valencé.

The Rector of the Royal College.

SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

The Hon. Dr. O. Beaugeard, Chairman.

The Hon. J. F. Trotter.

E. Sandapa, Esquire.

G. Ritter, Esquire.

The Superintendent of Schools.

The Inspectors of Schools.

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Swd.

By command of his Honour the Officer Administering the

1st January 1887.

(Signed)

FRANCIS R. ROUND,

Government.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

TILLC.O. 882

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5 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

Enclosure in No. 71.

(No. 15 of 1887.)

COUNCIL OF EDUCATION.

HIS Honour the Officer Administering the Government directs it to be notified, for general information, that in virtue of the powers vested in him by Ordinance No. 38 of 1860, and Ordinance No. 33 of 1882, he has been pleased to appoint the Ordinary and Extraordinary Members of the Council of Education of Mauritius and its Dependencies, and the President and Vice-President of the Council for the year 1887, as follows :—

ORDINARY MEMBERS.

The Hon. Sir V. Naz, K.C.M.G., President

The Hon. Dr. Beaugeard

The Hon. J. F. Trotter

The Hon. G. Guibert

Dr. Poupinel de Valencé

P. L. Chastellier, Esquire

G. Ritter, Esquire

E. Sandapa, Esquire

The Rector of the Royal College

The Superintendent of Schools

The Inspectors of Schools

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† No. 17.

• No. 55.

The Protestant Inspector of Schools, Mr. Ashley, is absent on leave.

No. 72.

THE RIGHT HON. SIR H. T. HOLLAND, BART., G.C.M.G., M.P., to the RIGHT

SIR,

HON. SIR HERCULES ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.

Downing Street, March 10, 1887.

I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, for any observations which you may desire

to make, a copy of a letter from Sir J. Pope Hennessy, relative to the inquiry held by you in Mauritius.

Sir H. Robinson.

(Signed)

I have, &c.

H. T. HOLLAND.

No. 73.

The RIGHT HON. SIR HERCULES ROBINSON, G.C.M.G., to the RIGHT HON, SIR H. T. HOLLAND, Bart., G.C.M.G., M.P. (Received March 14, 1887.) TELEGRAPHIC.

14th March.-Round telegraphs to-day from Port Elizabeth that he will be here on Wednesday, and goes on by that day's steamer to England. Hennessy was to have left Mauritius by last week's French mail steamer. I am replying by this mail to your despatch of 15th February† covering Hennessy's letter of 3rd December.

* No. 67.

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