§ 24. Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Colonel Sir Edgar Bernard resigned his appointment last year as financial secretary of the Sudan Government after many years' public service, will he state the reasons for his resignation; and upon whose representations his successor, Colonel Schuster, was appointed?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. In accepting with regret the resignation of Sir Edgar Bernard, whose long and distinguished services they greatly appreciated, the Sudan Government were impressed with the need of obtaining the advice of an expert who had recent experience of both Government and private finance in this country. The appointment of the present financial secretary was made after consultation with the Treasury and the Foreign Office.