Further Anecd. 18 March 1871.175
Gusn-40 April 2584. Strug houg 271
Southampton March 18th 1871.
My Lord,
MARIS 10 *
Intelligence has no doubt reached the Department over which you preside of the death of the Crown Solicitor and Queens Proctor at Hong Kong.
The Lieutenant Governor has provisionally appointed my Brother Mr Edmund Tharp to the Offices held by the late Mr. Hazeland, and I write to ask your Lordship to be good enough to confirm that Appointment.
My Brother is aged 36 years, has practised as a Solicitor at Hong Kong for eight years, so that he has acquired experience in the Laws of the Colony in addition to having passed the usual examinations prior to his admission in the English Courts some years ago.
He was appointed Registrar of the Diocese of Victoria by Dr Alford, the Bishop of Victoria.
I take the liberty of enclosing copies of Letters from Chief Justice Smale and Mr. Justice Ball tending to show their opinion of my Brother's fitness for the Offices, and that my Father was...