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member
the Legislative Council, to
show the feeling of the local commu-
-nity in favour of my
claims.
the best-portion-
Fear twenty years of my life has been ginen
to the Church
I Lave
in Chine. For fifteen years filled the Bishoprick of bietaria and discharged without payment from the
a
large portion of
the Colony
Government- pastoral duties
T
The net income of
the
the Bishop-
+- rick paid
paid by
Bills f
Exchange on
3
the
the
the Colonial Bichspricks Fund in London, is only equal to that of Colonial Chaplaincy of Mongkong paid in the local currency of dollars and including
the
Marriage Fees off latter office.
I am at the same time. deprived of the advantage which the Colonial chaplain receives of a pension of one-
third of his annual stipend after a period of but ten years' service.
The medical Certificate for - warded last year from Hongkong.
shows the severe effects upon my
health of protracted residence in that Drying
climate.
I beg leave to submit that_ although I receive no stipend from Government, may
Cate
cannot be altogether
whose
he
regarded as that of one in -pointuet the Governaces Las
interes or voice.
Deux nominated
d
to my post- by Her Majesty through the Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. In the event of my resignation of the Bishoprick, my suc -cessor will be similarly appointed. The patronage rests exclusively with The Government. And further, the
in the year 1849 the Treasury
се
Lards
of
anf Muc
did actually grant
£250
to
-wards my outfit and Expenses of the
boy a ge
to my new discese.
I ask you
with respectful
earnestness to give me the benefit
Y your official recommendation
вет
the