Sanders to Lytton

My Nephew Mr Edward Howard Sanders, informs me, that he has
made an application to you for an appointment in the Mounted Police
of British Columbia.

The purport of this communication is to state as briefly as
possible that as the claims I had on the Government for services on
the Gold Coast were never satisfied, altho' acknowledged, that you
will perhaps kindly take into your consideration the case of my
Nephew, as I shall never urge them for myself.

In 1850 (Feby) I was appointed Civil Commandant of H.M.
Fort & Settlement of Dixcove, Gold Coast Western Africa, and was
also a Magistrate for the Colony. As the duties to be levied on the
Coast were not realized, I only received three months pay and after
remaining in the Settlement until July 1851 recovered my arrears in
England but received no passage money either to or from the Gold Coast.

In Decr 1851 on my application to Earl Grey for a Magistracy
in Jamaica, I received a reply stating his inability to assist me,
as there was no vacancy.

As you have the character of being just, may I ask you to take
my past services disappointments and losses of health & money into
your kind consideration and give my Nephew the situation he is so
well adapted for as an Officer and a Gentleman.