Foster to Secretary of State

The Commander in Chief having been pleased to interest himself
in my behalf with the late Secretary of State for the Colonies,
(The Earl Granville) and His Lordship having placed my name on
his list for a reappointment.

I have the honor very respectfully to ask Your Lordship to allow
my name to be placed on your list, and to give my application
favorable consideration as it is very long since my last
appointment, of Gold Commissioner and Magistrate, in British
Columbia, was abolished.