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Lordship's attention, the sincere hope, that thro' the mediation of Your Lordship with Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton &c. &c. I may be nominated to some Appointment.

In Advisers adhere to their former opinion "that my constitution having suffered in England as my Medical cause a shock, my return to Hong Kong will in all probability cause a relapse of the disorder from which I am slowly recovering and prove fatal to me." It is under these painful circumstances that I am now compelled to respectfully make a most urgent and earnest appeal to Your Lordship.

Since my appointment as a Government Officer, I have been a subscribing member of the Superannuation Fund and on all occasions have exerted my energies to the utmost on behalf of the Public Service, and I do cherish the hope that Your Lordship's charitable consideration of my position will not allow this - the appeal of a faithful servant; to pass unheeded.

In conclusion, I have the honor to notify to Your Lordship that the Twelve months leave of absence granted by His Excellency Sir John Bowring, Governor of Hong Kong, on the 11th day of March will expire on the same date next, and I have the honor to humbly petition that Your Lordship will be pleased to obtain for me an extension of Six Months leave, such leave to commence from that date, similar favors having been acceded on former occasions to Officers in Colonial Service.

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Lordship's attention, the sincere hope, that thro' the mediation of Your Lordship with Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton &c. &c. I may be nominated to some Appointment. In Advisers adhere to their former opinion "that my constitution having suffered in England as my Medical cause a shock, my return to Hong Kong will in all probability cause a relapse of the disorder from which I am slowly recovering and prove fatal to me." It is under these painful circumstances that I am now compelled to respectfully make a most urgent and earnest appeal to Your Lordship. Since my appointment as a Government Officer, I have been a subscribing member of the Superannuation Fund and on all occasions have exerted my energies to the utmost on behalf of the Public Service, and I do cherish the hope that Your Lordship's charitable consideration of my position will not allow this - the appeal of a faithful servant; to pass unheeded. In conclusion, I have the honor to notify to Your Lordship that the Twelve months leave of absence granted by His Excellency Sir John Bowring, Governor of Hong Kong, on the 11th day of March will expire on the same date next, and I have the honor to humbly petition that Your Lordship will be pleased to obtain for me an extension of Six Months leave, such leave to commence from that date, similar favors having been acceded on former occasions to Officers in Colonial Service. Should...
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Lordship's attention,

the sincere

hope, that thro' the mediation of Your Lordship with Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton

tton &c.

ve. Br. I may be

nominated to some Appointment-

in Advisers adhere to their former opinion "that my constitution having sufferd

England as my Medical.

to levere a shock

Cause a

my

retum to

Hong Kong will in all probability

relapse of the disorder from which I am slowly recovering and prove fatal to me " _ It is under these painful circumstances that I am now compelled to respectfully

make a most urgent and earnest

• -appeal to Your Lordship -

Since

my

appointment in trọng trong as a Government Officer I have been a subscribing member of the Superannuation Fund and on all occasions have exerted my energies

to

to the utmost on

201

behalf of the Public Service and I do cherish the hope that ou Your Lordships charitable consideration of my position Your Lordship will not allow this - the appeal of a faithful servant; to pass unheeded.

In conclusion I have the honor to notify to Your Lord ship that the Twelve months leave of absence granted

by His Excellency.

me

Ser John Bowring. Governor of Hong- Rong

xe

on the 11.

&c &c, will expire on

th

day of March next - and I have the honor to humbly peletion that Your Lordship will be pleasx to obtain for

me

an extension

of Six Months leave, such leave to commence from th

- from that date, similar favors having been acceded on former occasions to Offices

an Colonial Service.

Should.

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