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Church Cottage, Northfield, Worcestershire. - Was engaged as a clerk in the Examiner's Office of the Customs but resigned to join Garibaldi's army last autumn; served throughout campaign; Milnes' recent rebuke to the MP who saw '"the finger of God in the death of Count Cavour"'; hopes this sympathy will induce him to assist Bowra in regaining his post; Sir William Verner will vouch for his character; has permission to compete for a student interpretership in Japan but may have to wait years for a vacancy; quotes personal particulars and referees.

Office of Chinese Customs, Ningpo. - Met Houghton at Lord Milton's dinner to the Chinese Mission in 1866; has worked for the Mission in China for five years but wishes to return to England before age and ill health preclude another career; seeks post of Queen's Messenger to the Foreign Office; outlines project for opening a trade route between north-west Hindustan and China; increasing liberalism of the Chinese Government; compares alternative routes between China and Calcutta; would gladly assist in exploring them, either with or without support of the Foreign Office or the Royal Geographical Survey.