Victoria, Hongkong,
20th December, 1850.
153
I have the honour to
request favourable support of my application to be allowed
to retire at the
end of 1857, on certain conditions from my
present post of Colonial
Secretary.
The
great saving in the Expenditure
of the Colony to be
effected by
removing
I
trust making
His Lordship, the Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies
to accede to the stipulations
His Excellency
Sir George Bonham, K.C.B.,
Governor of Hongkong,
to