HC Deb 09 January 1894 vol 20 cc1142-3
MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies has a successor been appointed to Sir John Thurston, Governor of Fiji; and whether he is now in a position to state what steps have the Government taken in the matter?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, Poplar

There is at present no suitable Governorship vacant that could be offered to Sir J. Thurston. The question whether he should be given an extension for any definite term or no has not yet been considered; but for the present he will remain in his present Government, where he is doing excellent service.