A wife and family dependent
whom you are at home while out here
You Certainly will be of great use to
them, in pecuniary or any other way,
Separation, And You Yourself will be spared the Anxieties
at home, they will be free from
any perils of a Hongkong Summer before You,
not have the perils to contend with, You
have therefore been Strong Among the Community,
at full, And the fasting designation, giving you reasons
to Remain here Any longer, Send Your Son
with, that I know. You have not been dealt with
by the Community, as you might have expected,
Can Secure a passage home, I am convinced
Mr Austy seems to lobe for your position with report &
attended with no goods, and this Step Can be taken
that procrastination will not be the result.
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A pleasant one. Write to, and Come And See me whenever you will prosper
Believe me
J. J. Hickson
Letter
Kupsmell Jerne
me acting
Gent
My dear Sir
Sincerely
W.P. Bredss
Amy Kod 1857
Fich.
"I have observed the many difficulties
with very great interest,
under which you have laboured since Your Arrival in this Colony,
it Appears to me that from the very outset, You have suffered from
time to time, being unable to obtain Sufficient information,
on to the duties of Your Appointment,
the Circumstances of the Colony, to which You were sent to enquire about,
in the first place, the blank attached to your post was bare