My Lord,
"540 2.9 Oriental Places, Brighton 3 15th February 1889.
Having learnt that the office of Attorney General at Hong Kong will shortly become vacant by the retirement of Mr. A'Malley, I have the honour to lay my name before your Lordship as a candidate for that appointment.
As I have recently in a former Application submitted to your Lordship a statement of my services I would on this occasion but ask your kind consideration of the following facts.
I entered the service in December 1853 and have since occupied uninterruptedly various offices connected with the Courts of Judicature
The Right Honourable Lord Knutsford, G.C.M.J. Secretary of State for the Colonies