CO129-281 - Governor Sir Robinson & Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [1-3] — Page 57

Enclosure 52590 1 Harbour Office, Haughan &s,

7th January, 1898.

Sir

of

By kind permission

His Excellency Sir William Robinson,

I venture

to address agains

you, w

soliciting promotion, either in this

holony, or any

other part of the

Empire, including Africas.

2.

of

In the enclosure to

my

letter

the 21th July 1897, I drew attention

to the fact that on the 2nd

August 1892, I received a semi official intimation that the abolition of my office of Assistant Harbour Master LO A J contemplated - in accordance with

the recommendation of the Retrench - ment Commission - practically

-

warning me to be prepared for aw

The Right Honourable

early

Joseph Chamberlain M.P.

Secretary of State for the Colonie:

&