4
granted to Mr Thomsett's
predecessor.
4.
the bon
Paragraph 7 of Mr. Stanhope's Despatch W. 46 of the 25th October, 1886, does not appear to have been communicated
the
the
to the HongKong Civil Service, Officer Administering Government thinking, apparently,
that it was not necess
necessary
to
do so, until the whole Pension
question had been settled;
and the
ce is that
consequence
the rule laid down in Lord
Carnarvon's
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Curnarvon's Despatch Nex of the
15th January, 1876, has always - been applied retrospectively- here up
to the present time. The promise given
5.
by Lord Carnarvon in the
despatch referred
to
was
communicated to the Service on the 244th March, 1876, by - order of Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy. It was also inserted by the Governor in paragraph
of the HongKong Pension
16
Minute, and received the
approval