I beg therefore to resign the
positions on the Commission
of the Peace, which I have had
the honour to hold for so many
years, Vereelle
and to request that you
will be good enough to cause a copy of this letter to be transmitted to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies.
I have to
(Signed) W. Keswick
Copy
163
From the Arrive the Colonial Secretary
No 1435.
to the Hon W Keswick
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office
Hongkong
18th November 1879.
I duly laid before His Excellency
The Governor
of the despatch, & your
in triplicate
your letter of the 12th instant resigning your
Office of Justice of the Peace and
requesting that you
that your letter be
transmitted to Her
Secretary of
The Honble: W. Keswick
&
Majesty's
State for the Colonies.
The Honble:
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