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Sir,
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Colonial Secretary's Office,
8 December, 1856
It will be within your Excellency's recollection that in the month of June 1855, I applied for leave to proceed to England on Medical Certificate, but withdrew my application on your representing it as incompatible with the interests of the Public Service.
His Excellency
Sir John Bowring,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
F Houghton