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re will in futuro be paid his retiring allowance by the Pay
Master General.
With re contents
regard
8 Tho
of
The second.
paragrapt of your Letter in which it is
observed that the charge for Gensions granted & Officers dy The Civil Service at Hongkong, should as well as their salaries, form a charge Whon The Revenue of the Colony, whenever that
revenue is sufficient & defray it,
I
am Brequest you &
stato Mat MW. Labouchere
concurs with their Lowships in that view, but would suggest, as an improvement whon The present practice of Raging The Secherannuation
contibutions
of
The
Jublic Officers at
Hong Kong with the Commissariat Chest
The Station for
On
Transmission & England that these contributions should, as at leglon, be retained in the Colony - In such case the pension of ce public Officer, when sanctioned by their Lordships,
would