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It is requested that in any further commu- nication on this subject, the above Number may be qucted; and the Letter addressed to***
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office, Pall Mall,
London, (S.W.)
306
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FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
C 0. 22652
WAR OFFICE,
28th June, 1888.
RECD
Sir,
I
am
1 NOV BB
directed by the Secretary of State
for War to inform you
that
your
letter of the
that the
21st April last, appealing against the decision.
arrears of your Retired Pay can only be allowed from the 19th November, 1886, has been laid before the Lords bommissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and that Their Lordships are not prepared
to extend the retrospective effect of the concession under which
and others
the
were
arran
already issued
to you
granted.
to point out that
had
your
In communicating this decision to
$
am
you, Retired Pay been
fixed according to your purely Army Service, you would have been entitled to £200 a year only,
would have been in receipt of that rate. present time instead of £300.
and
at the
I have
the honor to be,
·General A. Ha Gordon,
Superintendent of Victoria Gaol,
cong trong.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) Thos. C. 13. have