nineteen days making in all "Seven years four months and five days Service.
Particulars as follows.
Police Clerk 15th March 1844, under Sir Henry Pottinger. Clerk and Interpreter to Harbour Magistrates Court, 14 March 1845, under Sir John F. Davis, officiating Registrar General, 16th July 1845, to which I was added Collector of Chinese Revenue 8th November 1845, and Assistant Police Magistrate, 10th December 1845. Under Sir J. Davis and Sir George Bonham, Registrar General, Justice of the Peace, Joint Superintendent of Police and Protector of Chinese, 1st February 1847 until I left in 1849. Under Sir John Bowring and Colonel Caine -
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Governor of Victoria Gaol and Justice of the Peace, 4th May 1857, to which was added Acting Harbour Master and Emigration Officer 23rd February 1858.
Marine Magistrate, Harbor Master and Emigration Officer, 25th August 1865, to which is now added Principal Officer of Customs, 21st September 1869.
I have the honor to annex Official and Private letters, Certificates, and extracts from Gazettes and Colonial Newspapers, expressive of the estimation in which my services have been held both by my superior Officers and by the Public.
I have reason to believe that few Hongkong Government Servants have been so fortunate as to acquire such strong and favorable