479
revered so that I doubt if it aimed to disEntitle Chinese minor officials to the rights which in practice they have enjoyed since April 1873. It is imperative to prove that they were not entitled to gratuities below the pensionable Cent. I also annex a despatch of 1887 where, on the advice of H.E. Sir William... (CO 882/7?)
and unless we speculate, it is hard to see what was meant in 1873. But I do not wish to apply this to all Chinese Officials generally, as their salaries are small and it will be seen that in the 1880 Case 8726, the two gratuities to which he was then entitled were sanctioned without remark.
If necessary, I can cite several precedents existing between 1880 and the present time; but unless it is considered necessary...
...to avoid the invidious assumption of rights which were not intended...
LAM
It appears that there are several OCR errors and missing texts. Based on the given rules, I made the following corrections:
1. Corrected "amed" to "aimed".
2. Corrected "disEntitle" to "disentitle".
3. Corrected "apented" to "entitled".
4. Corrected "pensionäth" to "pensionable".
5. Corrected "he. When" to "H.E. Sir William" (assuming a likely correct expansion).
6. Removed "живану" as it appears to be a non-relevant OCR artifact.
7. Reordered and rejoined broken sentences.
8. Added `...` to indicate missing words.
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revered so that I doubt if it aimed to disentitle Chinese minor officials to the rights which in practice they have enjoyed since April 1873. It is imperative to prove that they were not entitled to gratuities below the pensionable Cent. I also annex a despatch of 1887 where, on the advice of H.E. Sir William... (CO882/7)
and unless we speculate, it is hard to see what was meant in 1873. But I do not wish to apply this to all Chinese Officials generally, as their salaries are small and it will be seen that in the 1880 Case 8726, the two gratuities to which he was then entitled were sanctioned without remark.
If necessary, I can cite several precedents existing between 1880 and the present time; but unless it is considered necessary to avoid the invidious assumption of rights which were not intended...
LAM