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for a period of
of his years at least after their arrival in Nongthong.
Clause 12, of the Hong Kong Pension Minute
If sth May 1862 States that Cadets will
date the Commencement of
their claims
of pension from the period from which the Board of Examiners may declare them qualified for Government Interpreters.
By the 13th Clause of the Leyton Pension Minute Writers date their pension from time of appointment if they eventually
pass in
the native language and by
the Straits Settlements
pension from appointment if they pass
in one
language within two years from
that time.
Having regard to the Pension Minutes,
of Ceylon
"Ceylon and the Straits, and the great difficulty of the Chinese language the undersigned venture to hope that it is only necessary to point out to the Secretary of State the disadvantage under which they labor by the rule affecting them
in the Hong Kong Minute in order to obtain its assimilation to the corresponding
rules
of Ceylon and the Straits Settlement Your Excellency's obedient servants
(Signed) I. Russell
Smit
Police Magistrate.
Alfred Lecler
Police Master.
H. Ernest Moule
Chinese Interpreter.
Acting Colonial Secretary's
Clerk