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Articles of Agreement made and entered into the
day of
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two BETWEEN
of
162
of the one part, and WILLIAM CHARLES SARGEAUNT, of Spring Gardens, Charing Cross, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, one of the Crown Agents for the Colonies, for and on behalf of Her Majesty, of the other part. Whereby it is mutually agreed between the said parties as follows:-
1. The said ... for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, agrees, So soon as thereunto required by the said Crown Agent for the Colonies, to proceed to Hong Kong as Constable in the Police Force of the Government of that Colony, and to act in all respects according to the directions and instructions given to him by the Government of Hong Kong through its properly qualified officers, and the said ... hereby agrees that he will faithfully and honestly fulfil the duties required of him by or on behalf of the said Government of Hong Kong for the term of five years from the date of arrival in the Colony.
2. And it is hereby further agreed, that in consideration of the services so to be rendered to the said Government of Hong Kong by the said ... the said Government of Hong Kong shall pay the said ... the annual sum of four hundred and eighty dollars ($480), in monthly payments of 40 dollars, to be made in Hong Kong, such pay to commence and begin from the date of the said ... embarking from England for Hong Kong.
3. And it is further agreed that the said Government of Hong Kong will, if the conduct of the said ... shall, in the opinion of the said Government, have been satisfactory, grant him, at the expiration of ten years, a pension at the rate of 1/5 or 1/4 of his annual salary, and an addition of 1/60 of such annual salary in respect of each additional year of service after ten years.
4. And it is further agreed that the Government of Hong Kong will provide the said ... with quarters free of charge to him, and annually with two suits of uniform complete, also free of charge to him.
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