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I
my
it
is
my
from the
wish to be relieved Office I have the
honor to
hold, s
as to
enable, me
to
leave China
in
March next; and I beg
therefore that your Grace
will
до
me
submit
the favor to
to the Queen my
humble request that ter
hapsty would be graciously
Majesty
pleased to
I the
relieve me
pom
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duties of Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of
this
Colony. Should it prove more
convenient to
Government to
at
an
Her Majesty's
relieve
me
earlier date, I shall
be happy to resign my
the understanding that
shall
be entitled
to
in the same
Passage money, shall be, it
way.
that
I
not relieved before March,
1854.-
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Lord Duke,
My
Zour Grace's most obedient, Humble Servant,
Estlan
charge at
any
time, on