524
Si
Victoria, Hong Kong,
May
4th 1859.
Office of Chief Magistrate
of
of
this Colony again becoming vacant through the unexpected retirement of Mr Davies, I beg leave, with presumptuous respect, to a second time submit my claims to the succession.
First, Because I have administered the Office of Junior Magistrate for upwards of nine years, and during that period have adjudicated upon three thousand four hundred and fifty-six separate causes, both Civil and Criminal.
The Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies,