instead of 35, and I would
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ask that if successful years additional should be Taken into consideration,
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any element is wanting in any other way to qualify for full pension.
2 that on all occasions when asked, I have been ever ready. I afford Government help or assistance beyond my regular duties and have always on such occasions Cheerfully placed my services at the disposal of Government, thus since I have been in Hong Kong I have served on:
1. The Law Revision Committee
which I was a member from its formation in 1882 till it was dissolved in 1890. The amount of work done gratuitously and unremittingly by this body was considerable and in connection therewith I had to devote not a little time in labour and research out of office hours.
2. The Land Commission appointed by His Excellency The Governor in April 1886 to enquire into and report on the system of leasing Crown Lands, to suggest any alterations or improvements therein to facilitate the transfer of Land and to report upon means to check over-crowding in the more populous parts of the colony.
3. The Squatters Commission, and at one time I was Chairman of the Squatters Board vide His Excellency the Governor's letter dated April 1891.
4. The Committee appointed to enquire into the defalcations in the Post Office.
5. Chairman of the Committee appointed to enquire into the Treasury defalcations and to report