(Government House
381
18 Feb 1886
14136
RECP
REGE 9 AUG 96.
I have the honor to submit respectfully
My Lord
my application to
Your Lordship to be
allowed to retire from the Service as soon as may be convenient after the 25th February next, when I shall have completed thirty-three years uninterrupted Colonial Service.
Having lived so long in the Tropics
I find that I cannot stand the Summer
The Right Honble
Earl Granville K.G.
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.