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Might I without being considard

intrusive be allowed to

say

a

word in favor of these poor. ladies ? I do so on the ground of the long and faithful servi rendered by Almada who entered our service at a time of danger and difficulty before the British Government had acquired any footing in

in China and when foreigner could serve us without serious risk and disadvantage. I can speak of this period from Knowledge as I have

- services

my

own/

Known Almada since 1841.

"When we obtained longhong among the

he was a

no

very first

officers who were stationed there and from that day to the day of his death he discharged the -duties of a prominent positions in a manner that won for him general respect and _ admiration, and warmly attached him to all those who Knew him as a friend. When

of such singular

amwan

such

as Almada

uprightness, and possessing excellent qualities devotes his whole life to the -service of the Government. incurring from the first all the risk and hard ship attaching to the position of a pioneer and

and