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and the office of Police Magistrate was conferred on me. In view of the possible changes I shall feel grateful to Your Lordship if I am appointed Mr Russell's successor; and I shall not be wanting in effort to discharge the duties to Your Lordship's satisfaction.

I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, Frederick Stewart.

Inclosure 3.

My Lord,

I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that upon the arrival of His Excellency Sir George Bowen as Governor to this Colony it became necessary to fill up the acting appointment of Registrar General, and it was given to the outgoing acting Colonial Secretary Mr Stewart. No other name was mentioned to me.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Derby, St James's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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and the office of Police Magistrate was conferred on me. In view of the possible changes I shall feel grateful to Your Lordship if I am appointed Mr Russell's successor; and I shall not be wanting in effort to discharge the duties to Your Lordship's satisfaction. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, Frederick Stewart. Inclosure 3. My Lord, I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that upon the arrival of His Excellency Sir George Bowen as Governor to this Colony it became necessary to fill up the acting appointment of Registrar General, and it was given to the outgoing acting Colonial Secretary Mr Stewart. No other name was mentioned to me. The Right Honourable The Earl of Derby, St James's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. Page 440 5th April 1883. DECL 14 MAY 8000 68 has been removed as it appears to be a stamp or other metadata not part of the main text. The text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML tags. Spacing issues have been corrected, and words have been rejoined where necessary. The original formatting and content have been preserved as much as possible, with corrections made only where necessary to improve clarity and readability. File references and page numbering have been preserved in the original format.
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