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for many years out of Imperial Funds-
So far, as regards the pension of the original Supplementary Civilian, which formed the subject of my above quoted letter; but the extract cited by me from Lord Knutsford's Despatch has a more particular bearing on my letter of 13th instant which was forwarded to the Secretary of State in Lieutenant Governor Caine's Dispatch No. 88 of 19th of this same month.
If the interchange of appointments between different parts of Her Majesty's Dominions be beneficial to the general interests of the Empire, and be so pronounced officially by a Secretary of State, there may be some difficulty in removing climatic considerations; one who has rendered fifteen years of laborious service in the Colony of Hongkong-
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th May, 1889.
Conish (beauty).