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urable recomm

to beg your favourab dation for confirmati

tion in the office.

"My long service and claims are

well known at the Colonial Office, to trouble Join

and I am not

Köxceller

vey

going with a

longthened state-

how.

ment on that head. I may

lver

be

permitted to

refer

to

Rove

despatches from the Colonial office to which Lord kuntofordé attention might be recalled, and in which

reference is made to

any work.

In Secretary of State's despatches

1

Me 18 of 30th August

1882;

no

262 13766

·58.

are

my work

of 25th November 1882, no 284 of

29th December 1888, to the Governor, 16422

complimentary observations and the

thanks of the Secretary of State

recorded in re

in the

Qaral

Chinese girls

reference

to

of protection of

and women

Brothel slavery and fraudulent

emigration.

I enight

might also refer to my work

02

from

267

wittee of

on the Law Revision Committee

which I am chairman row, and,

Ꮽ

other commissions an

(

also en

mamy

which I have taken an active part.

But I shall only refer to the late

Stoughong

Commission.

In

Conference I

had the gratification of proposinding a scheme for solving

aw

calculated to solve

ordinau

ar

and dr.

drafting

international

of long standing it incre

difficulty to chilet

ncreasing

our

Revere at the same time. That

Rebane,

putting

aside all others was

accepted by cher Majesti

Government

the Indian Government, The Stoughing Government, Portuguese Goverment, and the Chinese Government. My services have been verif

on that comprision

A

very specially

acknowledged in various dev=

patches_extracts from which

have been communicated to me," The Britials Minioler at

the Portuguese

Poking

and

Minister have spoken.

in high terms of the arrangement

and in a

despatch dates 21 at

January.