CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5] — Page 368

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surprise that it should have bee

considered necesary to resort to a

measure

upon which

and that

creditable

apparently so harsh

ciremstances

we aw naw

as

that

addressing your

isidering Mr Simpson's

Dar eer

and the peculiar

in which he is played, The is deserving of way great sympachy

We understand that Mr Simpson's service in the Port Office has extended

øv ev

period of seven

wer

eight years,

the whole of which has been spent

in China and Japand. et further

A

period of two

"shree years' service would have entitled him to the

aujoj

ment of a pension the benefit of which will

now in all probability be lat

to hims, and that,

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at an

age)

when

the prospect of relaxed exertions becomes

-peculiarly grateful. We are well-

asured Your Excellency will

AVO

agree

with

that the calamity which has

laken

an estimable member of

over-

Community and a trustworthy public

sewant is

of no ordinary seventy,

and we would respectfully rige Your

Excellency to exert

your influence to induce Sir Richard Mae Donnell to

lake these excuustances into his

serious consideration.

We have No

(Mere follow 103 Signatures.)

EX

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