To
The Honourable
J. Gardiner Austin, C.M.G.
Colonial Secretary
Hongkong, 26th April 1877.
I have the honour to request that you will submit to His Excellency the Governor for his consideration the following circumstances, in connection with my appointment as a Registrar of the Supreme Court in the hope that H.E. will be pleased to sanction the issue to me of the undrawn salary of the Office, from the date of my appointment by the Secretary of State notified to me.
When I returned to Singapore from leave of absence in March 1875, my proper appointment ...