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Sir,
Chief Magistrate's Office,
Victoria, Hong Kong,
May 8th 1856.
The duties of Chief Magistrate of this Colony having for the present, in consequence of Mr. Hillier's promotion to the Office of Her Majesty's Consul at Siam, devolved upon me, I have the honor to request that you will submit to His Excellency the Governor the following statement of my claims to succeed permanently to the vacancy thus created.
His Excellency, several months ago, on my proposing The Honorable W. T. Mercer, by the Colonial Secretary to...