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Hồng Kông,
Reg 567.
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Agreement
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the mud the twenty Stock day of Septs One thousand eight hundred and ninety five Between The Undersigned One of the Crown Agents for the Colonies of Downing Street London in the County of Middlesex acting for and on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong (hereinafter called the Government, of the one part and. Mary Elizabeth Mead y Cottage Grove.
Bow Road
London 2.
in the County of huddlesex of the other part.
Whereby it is agreed by and between the parties
hereto as follows
The said Mary Elizabeth Mead
hereinafter called the person engaged is hereby selected for appointment as a Nierse' in the Government bivil Hospital of Hong Kong upon the following terms and conditions. The person engaged shall as soon as required proceed
to Hong Kong and on her arrival there will be placed under the orders of the Superintendent of the Hospital and her duties shall include such general duties of a Nurse us are usual in a British Hospital.
The term of engagement shall be for Five years but
the Government shall have
power at
any
turne to terminal
it upon giving to the person engaged three month's notice in writing or paying her a sum equal to three month's salary in liew of such notice and providing her with a free passage home.....
salary
The to be paid to the person engaged shall be at the rate of Forty dollars ($40) per mensem rising by yearly increments of Ien dollars ($10) per mensem to Sixty dollars ($60) per mensem with furnished quarters board and attendance and uniform. Half salary will commence from date of leaving England and full salary from the date of arrival in the Colony....