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it
"consideration of his request for
"removal to a "climate,
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more
congenial
in the event
of
an
a
appointment befitting his merits "and equivalent to the situation be "now is ably fills, not being attainable, "then I respectfully recommend "that the retirement requested "be granted to this officer
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in the
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in which it is urged!-
manner in
"The abilities and attainments
of Mt Mercer are so well. Known "in this Colony that I hardly know "how to attempt
an
enlogium "on one who has obtained the
"respect and esteem
of
all who
"have been associated with him.
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"during his great length of service
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at the
"in Hongkong, and I may "same time be permitted to doubt
in all Her Majesty's Preessions
"if "there be
zealous,
a hine
n
useful,
hine
more practical Officer
"or one more worthy, Sir, of your "highest consideration, then "Mr. Mercer.
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Ixtinct's from Parliamentary Blue Book, entitled "Papers-Strughong=" ordered by the House of Common to be printed 21th March 1860.
1. From Sir John Browning
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