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33 Sumyside I:ad Ealing. W.
25th January 1896.
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SFGL00 JAN 25,
The Right Honourable The Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies Sir,
I have the honour to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 21st inst., notifying that I am granted a pension of £2560 per annum at 3/8 to the dollar, as Deputy Registrar
and
Appraiser of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, the pension to commence from the 21st inst.
The object I have, Sir, in addressing you on this matter, is the rate of exchange at which my pension
has been fixed.
Almost up to the date
of my leaving Hongkong, in December last, I had always looked upon my pension being allowed at 4s 4d/%