On my leaving Hongkong I received the assurance that His Excellency Sir Johor Bowring the Governor could strongly recommend my case for the special and favorable consideration of Her Majesty's Government.
I took the liberty once, of requesting that your Lordship will kindly induce the Right Honorable Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton to accede to my prayer and recommend me to the favorable consideration of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
I have the honor to be
Your Lordship's
obedient humble Servant
E. R. Mitchell
The applicant,
Harbor Master Emigration Office &
Justice of the Peace for The Colony
To Sir Charles Trevelyan
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I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Lytton to lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury the copy of a letter from E. R. Mitchell, Harbour Master and Emigration Officer of Hong Kong, applying for permission to retire from the public service on a pension.
I am also to enclose copy of a despatch from the Governor, stating that Sir Johor Bowring...