will favourably regard his
application for the permanent
appointment of Auditor General
of Ceylon in the event of
vacancy
in that office.
Mr O'Brien's services are well
known in Your Lordship's Department,
and I can
only add that he has
filled the position of
Colonial
Secretary in Hongkong during
the last eighteen months to
entire satisfaction.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient
humble Servant.
William Robinson
C. O.
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Recd Feb 25/94.
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the Most Noble The Marquess of Ripon
The humble memorial of Wm O'Brien, Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, sheweth
1. That Your Lordship's humble memorialist recently memorialized Your Lordship to be allowed to exchange offices with Mr. Morgan, Auditor General of Ceylon. Your Lordship was unable to accede to the prayer of that Memorial; but as the Reasons for that inability may not preclude the appointment of the memorialist to the post of Auditor-General of Ceylon in the event of its becoming
vacant, he ventures to ask that, if it become vacant, he may
be appointed to it.
2. That the memorialist's reasons for
wishing to leave Hongkong
are set out in the
Memorial above referred to ; and he now begs to submit the following further considerations in support of his present application.
3. That as long ago
as 1860 the salary
of the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong was fixed at £1500, sterling, and then, and subsequently