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2. Ackroyd.
Application for the Supreme tenure
166th
Hongkong 16th April 1882.
May Lord
I have the honor to place most respectfully before your Lordship as a Candidate for the Office of Police Magistrate in "Hongkong" the name of my brother Mr John Henry Ackroyd at present Magistrate for the Lesser Dependencies of Mauritius.
He was certified clerk to a Solicitor from 1851 to 1854; from that year to 1859 he occupied successively the posts of clerk in the Registry and Clerk to one of the Puisne Judges, of the Supreme Court of that Island, the latter year he was admitted a Solicitor and practised before the Supreme Court until 1876 when he was appointed to the Office he now fills.
During the time held his present appointment he has, I believe, given every satisfaction to the ...
The Right Honorable
The Secretary of State
For the Colonies.
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