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Private and Confidential.
My Lord,
In
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Victoria, Nong Ming, 4th Dec. 1844.
In conformity with the instructions conveyed in the 1st chapter of the Colonial Rules and Regulations, that every Governor should make once in each year a confidential report of the claims of candidates for Government offices, whether already employed in the public Service or not, I have the honour to offer the subjoined observations, grounded on the conclusions which my present experience has enabled me to form.
The Right Honourable Lord Stanley M.P.
&c. &c. &c.
From Sir Thomas Cochrane,
Governor
To "Middle Hores" und Not? 8th. Davis, regarding