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Enclosure 1.
146
Fire Brigade Department,
Hong Kong, 4th April, 1895.
REC
C.
9146
My Lord. Marquess,
Rec 27 MAY 95)
I have the honour to report
that owing to the retirement
of
M:
Horspool from the Colonial Civil
Service
a
question has arisen with regard to his right to receive pension. for. his Fire Brigade services and. that It is Excellency the Governor
has
given it
ad
his opinion that
such services are not pensionable.
owing to their temporary character.
" The Right Honourable,
The Marquess of Ripon,
As
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary
of
State
for
the Colonies,
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ye