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20474/40 Magkag
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December 196
R. Bruss Ey
Sir,
J au directed by Mr Secretary Chamberlain to
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Mr. Macnaghten 30/12/ Mr. Fidden Bofr
Mr. Fairfield.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Sir R. Meade.
X Earl of Selborne.
Mr. Chamberlain.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ult., requesting that you may be paid the gratuity granted to you by the authorities upon your being invalided from the prison service at Hongkong.
2. In reply, I am to state that the question of your being awarded a gratuity has already been referred to the Home Office, and that you will be informed as soon as the matter is decided.
3. With regard to your request respecting the cost of your...