Za
27
as
Owing
at the time to
to any
my
conduct not meeting with the
approval of the Executive In
resigned my post and was
a
offered
sum to enable me to
sufficient sum to
return to England with
and
family
my
wife
Hoping that in a private
capacity I might gain a livelihood in Hong Kong I hesitated to avail
myself of
the
offer
made of a
and
free passage to England
imstead embarked in busines
here. But after several
difficulties, owing
years of
to the unforeseen
depression of Trade, I find myself
obliged to place my affairs
in
م
the hands of a Grustee for the benefit of my creditors and I am left with
my wife and
live
children in a state of complete
destitution.
Sam
that
my
compelled to admit claim for free passage has lapsed, but in the great hope that He is Excellency The
Lieutenant Governor will take
a
the
favourable view of unfortunate
condition in which I am placed.
I trust he will in consideration
of my having been for
some yeaNI
years
in the Government Service, grant
me
own
the means
Country
of returning to my
གན