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F 9518. Hong Kong Reform Club September 8th 1856
SEP 16 1850 229 Lep 7:
Sir,
It may not have escaped your recollection that at the early part of the year I had the honor to lay before you certain documents testifying to my having discharged the office of Attorney General in Hongkong for a period of nearly three years to the entire satisfaction of the Colonial authorities & my having also obtained the confidence of the European & Chinese communities. Deeply as I regretted that it had not pleased your predecessor to confirm me in an office for which I had proved myself qualified, yet I deemed it
To
The Right Honorable
I Labouchere MP
14 M Secretary of State for the Colonies