10892 RECD REO 24 MAY 71.
Villa Eene Pove, Southsea, Hants, 22th May 1897
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I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 10235, 10235/971, and to inform you that I have been offered an appointment as Deputy Governor in the English Civil Service and I trust that the Secretary of State may be pleased to permit me to accept this appointment.
Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, Downing Street.