CO129-168 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [9-12] — Page 98

constitution, and that failing health threatened to impair my usefulness in the onerous and responsible

I have the honor to hold

Offices under the Colonial Government. I had hoped that my recent Official visit to the Ports of China and Japan would have somewhat but I find I have not benefitted by the change of air, and it is therefore with extreme regret I have arrived at the

restored me;

now in

trying

conclusion; that being my fiftieth year, a complete restoration of health in a : climate like this is hopeless, and there is nothing left but to request

permission to retire from the

service.

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I inclose a description of my services from the leolonial Office List with additions in manuscript. They have been, I beg to submit, various, responsible and important, and I can honestly affirma the

that they have been performed realously

and to the best of my ability. The emoluments of my

Offices

a year

are

from the leolony £4,100

Land

as Postmaster General.

a

Collector of Stamp Revenue, and from the Imperial Post Office ___ Lico

A

year.

Nearly eighteen years have