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in any consequence on

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mistry, which he had received 13 years previously would not thus be regarded as having impaired his capacity.

Mr. Fairfield.

As to the injury I agree is M-

Johnson's proposed reply

as to fuel etc. I gather from your

minute on 3533 that your

real reason for wishing to include them

or to exclude them in Mr. Atlane's case was

that you regard it as an abuse that he shall

ever have been allowed to have them.

Must however defer to your view that I was straining the rule in Mr. Atlane's favour.

The old Treasury Circular of 1849 excluded

from pensionable emoluments allowances for...

I did not

express

V

Justice

&

Canada

-"expenses of that description which are contingent. I dwelt not only on the particular nature and actual transaction known this of the business of the office", and we have always applied

the

expression "other emoluments for personal service". I think that though the Treasury Minute of 1862 the emoluments confer...

for pension were in no way defined, but for some years past in view of various decisions, & amendments in various particulars, we have always given officers the benefit of such decisions.

and as likely also I think

As to fuel, certainly, it has been definitely decided that in at least one Colony

that their value should be included under the head "other emoluments for personal service"; and if it is obviously inconvenient that the same expression should be interpreted differently in different Colonies; unless the rule

I venture to predict that the

future Governor, Financial Clerk Assistant Under Secretary, who has to interpret

the minute, the whole notice of despatch on 3533 may not be brought; will as likely take the liberal view of the matter.

The great object in introducing this new minute was to make it as comprehensive as possible, and avoid the necessity for referring to decisions, in isolated despatches, which

however carefully "noted" will occasionally be

overworked.

We might however wait now

until we know whether it is possible to abolish such perquisites altogether in Hong Kong.

[you will see from 1150/50 Grant that... M 30/92-

the Office keeper has been paying Incon...

das not hows on his quanten, betales

on hiperquisition, will the object Helwards counting the ballen ans well as

the form aufer Sifreyannaation]

I think it is quite in adipith tattoo

pension the computed as on Combustibles

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an Moris

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distinguished from amestitter for

learn. If the Hong Kong precedents are

in favour of allowing pension on

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