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Imperial Printing Office
Bathurst Street West
Sydney Dec 7 1859

May It Please your Excellency,
In answer to an application of mine
to His Excellency the Governor General for
an appointment under the new
Government of Queensland, I am in-
formed that the Governor General
kindly placed my application under
Your Excellencys notice & that, you
were pleased to cause a note to be
more of the same.

For this I should ere now have thanked
Your Excellency in a direct application
but that the superscription

His Excellency
Sir G F Bowen K C M G.
Governor of Queensland