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on the subject set out in General Lagard's letter, will be reprint and reproduced in the narrative, which will even more effectually prove that to heap honours on His Excellency is a cruel stroke of irony and cast ridicule upon the public flow of honours.

The Right Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor is a Comm...

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Your Predial Servant

N. B. This letter is written hurriedly but the narrative will have more care bestowed upon it: & Another copy is herewith enclosed -

Siv MOUNT MASCAL BEXLEY, KENT. 19. February 1889

I with all deference venture to apply for the Governorship of Hong Kong which I see has just become vacant by the death of Sir G. Strickland, a soldier who gained him the position that Governorship of a Colony. My position as a soldier and as the senior member of the Executive Council of the Straits Settlements - I have presided at the head of both the Executive Councils.

The Right Honourable The Secretary of State Colonial Office London

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154on the subject set out in General Lagard's letter, will be reprint and reproduced in the narrative, which will even more effectually prove that to heap honours on His Excellency is a cruel stroke of irony and cast ridicule upon the public flow of honours.The Right Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor is a Comm...J.C.dr. J.Your Predial ServantN. B. This letter is written hurriedly but the narrative will have more care bestowed upon it: & Another copy is herewith enclosed -Siv MOUNT MASCAL BEXLEY, KENT. 19. February 1889I with all deference venture to apply for the Governorship of Hong Kong which I see has just become vacant by the death of Sir G. Strickland, a soldier who gained him the position that Governorship of a Colony. My position as a soldier and as the senior member of the Executive Council of the Straits Settlements - I have presided at the head of both the Executive Councils.The Right Honourable The Secretary of State Colonial Office London
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