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Copy of Letter from R. M. BROMLEY, Esq., Secretary to the Commissioners of Audit, London, to

Captain ROBINSON.

Audit Office, London, 2nd March, 1852.

MY DEAR SIR,You tell me that you are seeking some appointment at the hands of the present Government. I sincerely hope that you may be successful, believing as I do that you are endowed with considerable business habits, and that you are well qualified to fulfil an office, the duties of which require ability, method, and application.

During the period I was in Dublin, superintending the introduction of a new system of accounts at the Board of Works, I had opportunities of witnessing your habits of business, when you were employed under that Board, and I was then able to form the opinion I have now given.

To Captain Hercules Robinson,

&c.

&c.

Very faithfully yours,

(Signed,)

R. M. BROMLEY.

Copy of a letter from the Right Hon. Lord NAAs, late Chief Secretary for Ireland, to Capt. ROBINSON.

(COPY.)

Palmerstown, Naas, October 15th, 1853.

MY DEAR ROBINSON,-Many thanks for the copy of the Report of the Market Commission.

As I am the person who originated this matter, I must take this opportunity of bearing my testimony to the zeal, diligence, and judgment with which you conducted your laborious and important enquiry, as well as to the ability you have shown in drawing up the report. I have received from many persons who were present at your investigations, the most gratifying assurances of the satis- factory manner in which they were carried on; they all agree that your examinations were clear and concise, and that you seemed to spare no trouble in eliciting every particle of information that could usefully bear upon your subject.

That the Commission was completely successful, no one can, I think, doubt, and if useful results follow, I can assure you that I shall mainly attribute them to your skill and judgment.

Ever faithfully your's,

(Signed,) NAA8.

To Captain. H. Robinson.

(COPY.)

Copy of Letter from Major LARCOM, Under Secretary for Ireland.

Dublin Castle, 16th December, 1853. GENTLEMEN,-His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant having had under consideration, the report prepared by you, in obedience to the orders of the Government, on the subject of Fairs and Markets in Ireland, and the evidence upon which it is founded, I have great pleasure in conveying to you the high sense entertained by his Excellency of the efficient inanner in which have conducted

you the important inquiry entrusted to you,

To Hercules Robinson, Esq., Commissioner.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

(Signed,)

THOMAS A. LARCOM.

HONGKONG.

Addresses presented to His Excellency SIR HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON upon

the eve of his departure from the Colony, on leave of absence, by the Members of the Legislative Council, and by the Community generally, together with His Excellency's Replies thereto.

Address of the Members of the Legislative Council.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY

SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON,

Governor of Hongkong.

We, the undersigned, Members of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, beg leave to assure Your Excellency, on the eve of your departure for Europe, of the high respect and esteem with which we regard Your Excellency, and of our earnest hope that you may enjoy a safe and pleasant

voyage.

In the three years during which Your Excellency has been Governor of Hongkong, the Colony has advanced rapidly in wealth and population-public works of great importance have been commenced and carried on-extensive changes, having for their object the security and wel- fare of the inhabitants generally, have been made in our laws and institutions--and all these things have been done without pecuniary aid from the Home Government. The Finances of the Colony are in a sound and prosperous condition, notwithstanding the greatly increased expenditure, and the various departments of the Government all work harmoniously together.

We earnestly hope that Your Excellency will derive renewed health and strength from your temporary sojourn in Europe, and we venture to assure Your Excellency that it will afford us great pleasure, whilst we now wish you "God speed" on your departure, to meet Your Ex- cellency again in this Council Chamber, there to renew those relations which have existed between us for a period of very nearly three years, to the advantage, we trust, of the community of this Island.

Council Chamber, 3rd July, 1862.

John Macbeth, Esq., Assistant Commissioner.

Copy of a Letter from the Earl of EGLINTON and WINTON, late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, addressed

to Captain ROBINSON.

(COPY.) SIR,—

24th December, 1853,

I am happy to add my testiraony to the admirable manner in which you conducted the inquiry into the state of the Fairs and Markets in Ireland, while I was entrusted with the Government of that Country.

T'o Captain II. Kobinson.

I have the honor to be your obedient servant,

EGLINTON and WINTON.

(Sigued,)

Printed by ALEX. THOM & SONS, 87, Abbey-street, Dublin.

W. H. ADAMS, C.L.

W. H. ALEXANDER.

JOHN SMALE.

W. H. RENNIE.

CHAS. ST. GEORGE CLEVERLY. FRANCIS CHOMLEY.

C. W. MURRAY.

W. T. MERCER, 8th July, 1862. ALEX. PERCEVAL, 9th July, 1862.

The Governor's Reply.

GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

I thank you most sincerely for this expression of your kind feelings upon my approaching departure, and for the gratifying assurance you convey to me of your respect and esteem.

The last three years have indeed, as you observe, been marked by the rapid growth of the Colony in wealth and population and by a corresponding increase in all the sources of revenue. These altered circumstances have called for, and at the same time supplied the means of carrying out, those public undertakings and measures to which you have referred, and whatever good may result from them I shall attribute it to the advice and assistance I have at all times received from you, and to the action of a united Legislature.

Although for a short time removed from personal intercourse with you I shall continue to watch over your progress with unabated anxiety-fervently praying that the blessing of the Almighty may direct your Councils and prosper your efforts to secure the permanent welfare of the Colony.

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