urable recomm
to beg your favourab dation for confirmati
tion in the office.
"My long service and claims are
well known at the Colonial Office, to trouble Join
and I am not
Köxceller
vey
going with a
longthened state-
how.
ment on that head. I may
lver
be
permitted to
refer
to
Rove
despatches from the Colonial office to which Lord kuntofordé attention might be recalled, and in which
reference is made to
any work.
In Secretary of State's despatches
1
Me 18 of 30th August
1882;
no
262 13766
·58.
are
my work
of 25th November 1882, no 284 of
29th December 1888, to the Governor, 16422
complimentary observations and the
thanks of the Secretary of State
recorded in re
in the
Qaral
Chinese girls
reference
to
of protection of
and women
Brothel slavery and fraudulent
emigration.
I enight
might also refer to my work
02
from
267
wittee of
on the Law Revision Committee
which I am chairman row, and,
Ꮽ
other commissions an
(
also en
mamy
which I have taken an active part.
But I shall only refer to the late
Stoughong
Commission.
In
Conference I
had the gratification of proposinding a scheme for solving
aw
calculated to solve
ordinau
ar
and dr.
drafting
international
of long standing it incre
difficulty to chilet
ncreasing
our
Revere at the same time. That
Rebane,
putting
aside all others was
accepted by cher Majesti
Government
the Indian Government, The Stoughing Government, Portuguese Goverment, and the Chinese Government. My services have been verif
on that comprision
A
very specially
acknowledged in various dev=
patches_extracts from which
have been communicated to me," The Britials Minioler at
the Portuguese
Poking
and
Minister have spoken.
in high terms of the arrangement
and in a
despatch dates 21 at
January.