Government House, Hong Kong, 15 April, 1881.
My Lord,
On the receipt of your Lordship's despatch No. 36 of the 24th of September, 1880, I telegraphed to Your Lordship suggesting that Mr. Lowcock should not be appointed to the Legislative Council.
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Mr. J.M. Lewis's habit of allowing him to remain as local head of Gibb Livingston & Co., he would from his position be qualified for a seat in Council, whatever may be for his interest in the Colony as to which I know nothing when absent.
Mr. Johnson is a well-known man, but I do not think he is fit to sit in the Council while his partner Mr. Keswick is still in England.
Mr. Dalrymple is a good man, a sensible Scotchman who would do well in the Council.
As for Messrs. Bell-Irving & Sassoon, I can say nothing about them; they were not leaders of the Community in my day, whatever they may have become since.
But a Director of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation is no great test of our fitness for other things than the value of a man's signature.
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My answer is based on the foregoing. I do not ask for an answer. I probably hope that Mr. Hayes will be confirmed as a permanent member in consequence of this despatch.
I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's obedient servant,
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To the Right Honourable the Earl of Kimberley, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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