Pearson to Lytton

I am very reluctant to add another to the applications which no
doubt [hit?] you on all sides, but I cannot refuse the request of
my friend Captn Allen that I will lay the enclosed papers
before 
you, especially as the parties concerned appear to deserve
your consideration on account of public [service?] & possibly
an appointment in Vancouver's Island [would] not be a very common
object of ambition.

Anyhow, you will, I feel sure, kindly pardon my troubling you
so far [as] to transmit the papers 
for your perusal.