" and not which
being to be
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" completes restored to health or " efficiency in his office" Application was then made on his behalf for compensation, which was refused. He then applied for leave to the extent of both of his service, which was refused.
In reply to a ...
On the ... on his behalf, the following ...
Karag ... further application on his behalf for a granting of one month's ... for each year of service. Macdonnell said that he should refer to the S. of S. The question of allowing such gratuity to Chinese, but in the meantime he sanctioned a granting of half that amount or $100.
It is stated that Sir R. Macdonnell nearly referred the general question to the S. of S. and that his action in the matter of Ng A-tien had the effect of driving the best Chinese officers from the service.
With regard to Ng A-tien, Dr. Eitel says, "Having been summarily 'dismissed with a trifling bonus' and made an example of for daring to consider himself a public servant equal to that of Asiatic-born Portuguese and of European officers in the Government service," and a good deal more to the same effect.
Now it appears to me that the words quoted present an inflammatory, mischievous, and untrue picture of the case. I should be disposed to express my hope that the publisher ... Sir J. Pope Hennessy has ...
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