88 was presented to LO, Sir Ai ko, late Governor of the Straits Settlements, by the Chinese inhabitants of Penang Yo Urs Excettency Sir ANDREW CLarKE, Companion of the most honourable order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the most tinguished order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Colonel in the Army, Governor, Commander i Chief, and Vice-Admiral of the Straits Settlements, &o., &e.
Humbly sieweth, That we the undersigned Chinese inhabitants of Penang being aware of the eve of your Excellency's departure from the shores of the Straita Settlements, probably for ever, to assume a more important office in India, feel anxious to give expression io the feeling which exists among ne, created by our observation of the manner in which your Excellency has discharged the duties of your high and sublime ofice of Governor of the said Settlements during the period of your Exeollency's Governorship, since November, 1873, until now, 'The people who had during your Exeel-'s Government, appealed and sought from Your Excellency, were We may say, ourselves, who yess connections in trade' at Perak and Laroot were very frequently compelled to appeal to Your Excellency, anent the injustice we suffered from the hands of the Native Chiefs of Unese places, bus through Your Excellency's superior, searching, and exhaustive way in which Your Excellency has undertaken to restore those territories to tranquillity, they now assume a very probable and' propitious aspect of flourishing again with respect to trade. 'The' efforts and achievements of Your Excellency's labours in this matter cannot therefore be too highly appreciated by us, as well as that done by your Excellency at Siam and Kiang.
Feeling anxious that your Excellency should take away from our shores a token of our real respect, esteem, and good feoling in which we the undersigned Chinese Inhabitants of Penang hold' you, amon; whom you have administered with such remarkable impartiality, independence and good judgment which has obtained for Your decisions the respect and esteem of the public in general, we now present Your Excellency with' this address, and hope that it may now and again remind Your Excellency of our shores, with lively and kind feelings of the time spent by Your Excellency as Governor among its people.
We now with regret beg to take leave of Your Excellency, with fervent wishes fur the prosperity and happiness of your Excellency and Your Excellency's family, and we subscribe ourselves at Penang on this eighth day of May, A. D., 1875.
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