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My telegram to the King did not reach him; but, some days before His Majesty arrived, Extra Aide de Camp wrote to M. Keswick stating the substance of my telegram and saying the King was to stay Government House. Paragraphs having appeared in the local paper, to which Mr. Keswick was a contributor, to the effect that the King, though he might be offered the hospitality of Government House, would take up his residence with Mr. Keswick, I called attention to this in the Executive Council, and, on the advice of the Council, the semi-official statement of my Aide de Camp was supplemented by an official communication from the Acting Colonial Secretary informing Mr. Keswick that I expected the King to stay with me and requesting him, as Consul-General, to mention this to the King on his arrival. I also wrote a letter of invitation to the King which was to be taken to the mail steamer by the Government Boarding Officer.
Unfortunately, on the evening of the King's arrival, M. Keswick went out in a steam launch and boarded the steamer before the Government Officer, having perhaps forgotten the well-understood rule that the Government Boarding Officer takes precedence in boarding ships. Early in the day, Mr. Keswick had got a mail bag that morning.
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