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not all my long, faithful, and continued

Service in Hong Kong, our of the most~~

unhealthy climates in the world, where

I served marly nine

years,

and

was a

Magistrate for that colony = I now take the liberty of quoting the following Retract from the Treasury Minutes in the hope that His Grace The Duter of Newreastle

may

mour

Their Lordships to take

my

peculiarly pud case into their most ~

gracious and favorable consideration,

with reformer to paid extract; "W

suggest however that at brust in the

More.

mors unhealthy, (climates) the right to

receive a Superannuation allowancs might

an

acerus, in case of retirement from bad health, after seven years; and that addition of tm years might be granted,

under the fourth clause, to Colonial Judges and Magistrates?" And I humbly beg further to state that I am now rendered perfectly helpless having

but narrowly escaped with

am now

solrly dependent on

my life, and

whatsoever.

Piusion The Lords of the Treasury may

be

graciously pleased to allow mr, not only

for.