CO129-236 - Others - 1887 — Page 260

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now Do much the

and as

economy

order

the

of

day, if

I have the

good

fortune to be sent to Hongkong

would be onl

The

only

100 delighted to hold

delighted

Military Command also, receiving

for both appointnew b

onlyf

the

pay

of Governor. I need scarcely add that

made with the Knowledge

this

offer that the Soneral office

now ut

Hong.

· Kong will soon have to relinquish

his post on promotion.

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<

arte well awAUME.

of

the

- creased expenditure that would be mi

volved in dispensing hospitalinis

but I am

of

She

necessary

these two High effeces,

not obliged to consider this is I have ample private

mean and

do not seeks the appointments for the sake of any pecuniary advantage but only for the honour of serving

Queen

she

and

Country.

The First China Way resulted

cession of Hong Hong

to Great

Britain

MOUNT MASCAL,

BEXLEY,

KENT.

and

Britain. First Treaty

the

opening of

The

Pork

of

China to European's

Commerce. My father and brother

fought gallantly in that was;

father

Avus

my

badly wounded at

very badly

the attack upon Canton and after

the

way

trav

ove v

he died on his

40

home from Hong Kong, s

that his life went to win the Colony of which his son

-wards General,

wao

I served at Hong trong

after

din.

- ing the whole time the 45th Regi

ment wuo

there and

l

AVUO

apponit

-ed Assistant Royal Engineer after repeatedly acting

dider de Camp

to the Governor. On the return of

my regiment to England appointed its adjutant.

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When I was Junior Major

of