CO129-065 - Sir Bowring & Public Offices - 1857 [11-12] — Page 198

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came out at the same time)

with myself in 184th with the chance of obtaining any vacant Office . From may personal regard for Mr. Bruce

and at that

gentleman's

intercession, & gave Mr Shelly the Office of Auditor.

the double duties which < " have the honor to por form under Hour Lordship and Viscount Valmiston and the responsibilities, attached thereto, make it an act of mere justice to myself to employ Secretary a person on whose diligence,

steadiness

and

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general, a bulity & can perfentlig rely. Mr Shellap possesses

many agreable qualities, but manyaymat the enclosed; letter addressed by

direction to that gentlemans is only one of the forquent

my

occa ó LOND

on which at have had

to remonstrate with him on the

nighat of his duties, and the absenting himself from his Office, and cemployment to myself this

as he owed his

should not have occurred.

Es uch habits would be totally inconsistent with, the Office of Secretery, whose constant attendants

# require, and in respect to