Salary) with the chance of succeeding the Attorney General. if approved... I hold it to be unlikely that the Attorney General will ever return. Hoping your Excellency will excuse this trouble on public grounds,
I have, &c. (Signed) S. J. Davis.
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Chas: M. Campbell.
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Main Colonial Secretary
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Dear Sir,
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Queen's House, Mlombs, 23rd September 1846.
I was favoured with your letter of the 26th August a few days since and took immediate steps to endeavour to procure you a legal adviser for your Government, in consequence of the Attorney General of your Island being compelled to go home, as he was threatened with blindness. I regret to say that all endeavours have been unsuccessful. No one will give up his situation and business here unless there is a certainty of his being confirmed in the appointment. The truth is our professional men are very limited.
A nephew of mine, Charles M.
His Excellency, Governor Davis, Hong Kong.