Coventry
Dec. 29th 1843
Civil Establishment
X
c. 21, the Mule
-pore, in Pounds Sterling Revenue of Sincia
7 Hongkong
To the Right Honorable Lord Stanley Her Majesty's Colonial Secretary
286
My Lord,
I understand Her
Majesty's
Government is about to send 12 Persons
to Hong Kong.
Would
your Lordship be pleased
to inform me if they are to be appointed
as Inspectors of Police
and if so, whether they will be eligible for
promotion to a higher rank in the Police Force should they
prove themselves efficient, and with whom the Patronage rests.
I am not
married
Scotter
near
Kartow in Lindsey
I have the Honor to be
My Lord
Your obedient Servant
J. Davidson