Hamley to Carnarvon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary)

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordships
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letter of the 14th acquainting me that Sir Edward Lytton has had the
goodness to confer on me the appointment of Collector of Customs in
British Columbia & that a passage will be provided for me in the Thames City, to sail about the 20 Inst.

In reply I beg to state that it shall be my constant and earnest
endeavour faithfully to discharge the duties belonging to the appointment
in the Colony, and that I shall be ready to embark at the time named.