Letter

Hicks Beach to The Officer Ad, October 24, 1878

[Inclosure in No. 183.]

circular.

Sir: An application having been recently made for the recognition of an officer in the government service of one of the colonies as consul of a foreign state, I have the honor to inform you that Her Majesty’s Government are of opinion that such appointments are undesirable, and have decided to make it the rule in future that public officers will not be allowed to act in a consular capacity for a foreign state.

I have the honor to be; sir, your most obedient, humble servant,

M. E. HICKS BEACH.

The Officer Administering the Government of——.

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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.