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In 1642 Akong 578
Colonial Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th May, 1840.
The Right Honorable the Scoretary of State for the belonies having in a Despatch dated the 3rd of March signified that the livil Officers of the Colony cannot be allowed pensions on the
the terms
terms proposed . in the Memorial
:
addressed by them to Her Majesty's Government, and having at the same Sime Referred them to the Act 4 and 5 WW TV Cop: 24 for the toms on which
sions are to be
pensions be granted, His Excellency the Governer directs that the Act itself should be circulated through the
different public Offices, and that the
members of the Civil Service should signify their assent or dissent from
the