The Right Honourable The Earl of Kimberley
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for the Colonial Department
My Lord,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter dated March 10, 1881, referring me to the Colonial Regulations, Clause 89, precluding compliance with the request contained in my letter, and your Lordship's disallowance of my claim.
I beg leave to say that I was, and still am, under the impression that the Regulations referred to have no application to my case, never was furnished with any copy of them until I was shown one at the office of the Colonial Secretary at Hong Kong, just before you quitted the Colony. But assuming that I am bound by the Regulations, I would beg to submit that, having been suspended on February 23, 1880, at the suggestion of the Chief Justice, and in order to avoid a public scandal which they appeared to be imminent, I arranged with the two Deputy Registrars to undertake the duties of my office during the leave of absence for which it was contemplated I should then apply, and having furnished their declarations in writing, which I am ready to produce, they are not in a position to claim the pay during the first two months of my absence, or more than half the pay during the succeeding two months, and that therefore the Clause quoted in your Lordship's letter does not apply.
Under these circumstances, I trust that your Lordship will reconsider my application.
I have the honour to be,
Mar 25, 1881
Your Lordship's
2 Eaton Gardens, Clapham.
Most obedient Servant,
H. E. S. Clarke
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Shinee be allowed to resign instead of being dismissed: in that case, he might be allowed some pay as the law allows. Council asked us to deal liberally with him.
If the case Jensing is confirmed, it will be difficult to justify anything. His presence is a very weak case.
We informed him that if he seeks to resign, it will be considered whether he can receive half salary up to the date of his resignation, but Messrs. ... waste time with the Regulations.
This letter announces the salary of his suspension.
Statutory decision of 4.
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