the Hon:
1060
RECO
BEGO 7 AUG
Belle Vue.
Dee BankS.
Chester
6th August. 1876
The Under Secretary of State
for
Colonial Office.
London.
530
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
despatch 15265 of the 28th ultimo, in which
Mr Secretary Chamberlain regrets
that after
consulting the Governor of Hongkong he cannot sanction any further extension of my
beyond the 21st January
next
bar
While acknowledging the perfect justice
of my
recall
nearly completed
in the
when my
Law studies are
at my present age, I feel
as far as my future prospects in the Service
unfortunate.
I had entertained the hope particularly
to me
are
concerned, to be most
that I would be allowed to remain in England
granted when the 6 month's extension was
the 19th
& complete my
terms for
laid down in the despatch 4097/96.
nine months would be without extension beyond
salary;
extension
order to
-
any
for when applying for this 6 months
the 21st Febry I intimated that in order to
keep the terms necessary for
on
call
to