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from 19 years service during that time who
19 April 1861 to 15 October 1864; that his
were
paid for by the
and the Medical Board who examined
Colony him has expressed
an opinion that his illness
was
brought on by the effects of the climate
of
Under the general regulation of the
service no addition can be made to the length
of a Person's service on the ground his having
rendered service in an
unhealthy climate, but,
under the
Home Govt.
minute
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persons employed under the Colonial Government in
China
are
allowed to reckon 5
years
in
addition to their actual period of service; and
their Lordships are disposed
to treat the present
case exceptionally
as one coming under Colonial
regulations, provided that the station which this would give him amount of Pension's Retired allowance could be borne upon
Revenue, Rates Colony.
I am to add
that
the
Governor in Front
that the Secretary of State will see no
objection to this proposal.
Your
Most Obedient Servant