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of it or not. The Copy of the Colonial Secretary's Letter is my reply "forward to you.

The Secretary General proceeds by this mail to England on sick leave, it is rumoured he will not return. Should such be the case and my applications be forwarded to this Master General that the Commanding Royal Engineer might certify that

“my Ordnance duties, and the uncertainty of my health continuing here good after two attacks of fever, will prevent me accepting any Colonial appointment, and That I consider, should an office of Royal Engineers be required to preside over the Civil Engineer Establishment, of their New Colony, that it would be more advantageous both for the Colonial and Ordnance interest that an officer of the Corps should be selecting, rather than to call upon the Commanding Royal Engineer to provide for it.

(Signed) Ed? Aldrich. Major

Royal Engineers.

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of it or not. The Copy of the Colonial Secretary's Letter is my reply "forward to you. The Secretary General proceeds by this mail to England on sick leave, it is rumoured he will not return. Should such be the case and my applications be forwarded to this Master General that the Commanding Royal Engineer might certify that “my Ordnance duties, and the uncertainty of my health continuing here good after two attacks of fever, will prevent me accepting any Colonial appointment, and That I consider, should an office of Royal Engineers be required to preside over the Civil Engineer Establishment, of their New Colony, that it would be more advantageous both for the Colonial and Ordnance interest that an officer of the Corps should be selecting, rather than to call upon the Commanding Royal Engineer to provide for it. (Signed) Ed? Aldrich. Major Royal Engineers. Page 101
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of it or not. The Copy of the Colonial Lecretary's Litter my reply "forward

And buy

to you.

The Secangor General proceeds by this mail to

England

ou Lich leave,, K.

it is rumoured he will.

not retrie 18 Hong Kong- Should such be this case aud

my applications be Mende to this Mastin General that the Commanding Royal Enginen might exentohin

deities

They

testate that

my Orduances debis, and the excentainly of my health contiming here good after two attacks of fever, will presunt me

me accepting any

Colonial appointment, and That I consider, thould, an

office of Royal Engines be required to ferecides

rous ceud

direct the Civil Engineer. Establishment, of their Nuw Colony, that it would be

More

advantageous both for the

Colonial and Biduance for.

terest that an offein of the

Corps

101.

Corps thould be secouting,

thean to call upon

the

dely

the Commanding Rayal

Engineer to provides for it

ار مجھے مجھے فارسیم

(Signed) Ed? Aldrich. Major

Cosse." His Life? Erg

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