Chair allowance of $244 per month, half salary from date of leaving England, and full salary and the Chair allowance from the date of arrival in the Colony.
The Government shall have power at any time to terminate this Agreement upon giving to the said Arthur Maxwell Quill three months' Notice in writing or paying him a sum equal to three months' Salary in lieu of such Notice.
A free first-Class Passage shall be provided for the said Arthur Maxwell Quill to Hong Kong and on the expiration of his term of engagement, or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Government under the preceding Clause the Government shall provide the said Arthur Maxwell Quill with a free first Class Passage to England provided the conduct of the said Arthur Maxwell Quill shall have been satisfactory during his service and shall also pay to him half salary during the time occupied on the Voyage home; and in the event of the said Arthur Maxwell Quill being compelled at any time during the period of Three years to resign his appointment and return to England on account of illness not caused by any impropriety of conduct on his part and producing a Certificate from the Colonial Surgeon to that effect he shall be provided with a free first Class passage to England, but if he should resign his appointment from other cause he shall refund to the Government or to the Crown Agents for the Colonies the amount paid for his passage to the Colony. The return passage must in all cases be claimed within two months of the expiration or sooner determination of this Agreement.
If the said Arthur Maxwell Quill shall at any time neglect or refuse or from any cause (other than illness not caused by his impropriety of conduct) become unable to perform or comply with all or any of the duties or all or any of the Orders or directions required of him, or shall in any manner misconduct himself, it shall be lawful for the Government to declare the employment of the said Arthur Maxwell Quill under this Agreement to be at an end and thereupon his engagement shall cease and this Agreement shall not have any further prospective operation or force and all rights and benefits reserved to the said Arthur Maxwell Quill shall cease, but without prejudice to the enforcement of existing claims.
The said Arthur Maxwell Quill agrees to make no claim upon the Government or on the Crown Agents for the Colonies in respect of the fluctuations in the value of the dollar.
The said Crown Agents for the Colonies shall not be personally liable for anything contained in this Agreement.
Witness our hands the day and year first above written.
Signed by (one of the Crown Agents for the Colonies) in the presence of:
(sd) Frederick Stanlany Montagn
(sd) H. J. Stanley
Montagu Ommanney
Downing St
London
SW
Signed by the said Arthur Maxwell Quill in the presence of:
(sd) A. M. Quill
(sd) A. H. Raill
Montagu Ommanney
Downing St
London