Recent reports received from the Governor of Hong Kong show that legal services are urgently required there and that considerable public inconvenience must result should the absence of the Legal Adviser from the Colony be much prolonged.
Many of the cases ... lunder the circumina ... however, which ... have ... been represented to Sir Edward Lytton will not ... Juie you ... refuse & ... leaus ... for such time as may be absolutely required for the establishment of ... health, but ... that he would ... wish to know in fuller detail as to the present state of your health, in order that he may calculate upon the period when you will be able to proceed to Hong Kong.
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