serious consideration, and with a
view of preventing such an untoward - position of affairs, in addition to my personal necessities, I deem
to make this application. Iinclose a certificate from
it right
and Dr
the leolonial Surgeon. O'Brien as to my state of health, after considering which I trust that His Excellency will be able to recommend to the Secretary of state that my application be granted, and that my services will be accounted worthy of the special consideration of the Government.
I have &c.
(signed) F. W. Mitchell.
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MITCHELL, F. W.-Appointed acting deputy- registrar of the Supreme Court, Hong Kong, Mar. 3, 1857; a commissioner to administer oaths under the equitable jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, 19th Mar. 1857 a commissioner for taking affidavits in the supreme court, 19th Mar. 1857; chief clerk in the Impl. Post Office 19th Max. 1897: postmaster. May, 1555; acting auditor general of is acting the colony, of the consular and diplomatic accounts of China and Japan, Mar. 1859, and remained so until Sept. 1860; assistant postmaster- general on the transfer of the Imperial Post Office
to the colony. Ist May, 1860; 8 member of a com mittee to investigate police and lighting rate cul- lection accounts, 12th September, 1960, and received the
thanks of the government; a member of a committee to Juvestigate defalestions at the Government Civil Hospital, 2nd April, 1861, and received the thanks of the government; postmaster- general, 24th November, 1862; justice of the peace, 3rd December, 1861; a commissioner ander the seal of the colony to inquire into large arrears in the collection of police and lighting rates, 27th July, 1865, and received the thanks of the govern- ment; acted as police magistrate from 20th July to 20th Ont, 1966, and from 28th Nov. 1366,
to 11th Feb, 1867; on a committee to inquire
into the treatment of Chinese prisoner in gani, and received the thanks of the government, 17th Sep- tember
1866; on a committee to inquire into the srate of the police force, November, 1866; ap- pointed to ascertain by inspecting the books of the Hong Kong and Shanghae Bank, if it had become entitled to its charter by compliance with the ordinance, 9th November, 1866; and to make a tour of inspection of the various postal agencies in China and Japan, February, 1867.
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Acted as Police Magistrate from 13th July, to 7th September 1867.
Appointed Collector of Stamp
+ Revenue 10th September 1967.
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Appointed a Trustee of St. John's leathedral on behalf of the Government 2nd May 1868.
A Commissioner under the
to make
seal of the Colony
inquiries and investigations into the state of the Police Force 22nd December 187% and received the thanks of the Government.