30.
31.
207
(Copp.)
Document B.
Qu
my
arrival at Macao
o s
in August 1841, I found Mr Almada e Castro employed Second Clerk in the Office of 4. M's. Plenipotentiary and Chief- Superintendent of
=
Trade, where he
continued to serve till the end
of the Year 1842, when, among other changes, consequent upon Hongkong having been constituted British Colony, he was
a
appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Office in that Island, and continued in that appoint =
ment up to the time of my
departure in
May 1844. - Having
now been applied to by Mr Almada for a testimonial