removal from the Colony,
and will therefore offer no objection to his appointment as Consul in Rangoon.
Extract of a despatch from Sir George Bonham to Earl Grey dated 27 Nov 48. Separate.
The duties of H.M. Consul are both onerous and responsible, and his Office is one that cannot be filled by every one. In fact, I look upon it as the most important in the Colony; as upon its being well filled will materially depend the degree of respect with which the Chinese Inhabitants will regard the Officers of Government generally, as well as the Obedience which they will pay to them.