Sir W. B. Perceval (vide page 118), retired from the office of Agent-General on the arrival of the Hon. W. P. Reeves, who left New Zealand in January, 1896, to succeed him.

The Hon. W. P. Reeves, who is referred to on pages 43 and 44, as Minister of Education, and who resigned his portfolios and his seat in the House on the 10th of January, 1896, left New Zealand almost immediately, and on reaching London took up the duties of the Agent-Generalship in succession to Sir W. B. Perceval.