Corporal C. Underwood
Communications on this subject should be addressed to--
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.,
and the following number quoted.
CPE
2017-
Sir,
I am to inform you that
8206/47
Hongkong
Downing Street,
22 April 1897
I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to
select you for
appointment as Hospital Warders in the Queen's Hospital at Hongkong, and I am to enclose for your information a copy of particulars of the Employment attached to the appointment.
You will be required, if appointed:
1. To give security to the extent of ... in respect of the pecuniary responsibility attaching to your office.
2. You are to understand that your employment will be under the Colonial Government; that your emoluments will be paid solely from the funds of the Colony; and that the appointment will be subject to the Colonial Regulations in force for the time being, which are published in the annual "Colonial Office List", and can also be consulted in this office.
3. The Regulations (Nos. 81 to 96) specify the proceedings which are taken in a Colony when it is deemed necessary to suspend an officer with a view to his removal from the service; but you must also understand that you will hold the appointment subject to the pleasure of the Crown, and that the pleasure of the Crown that you should no longer hold it may be signified through the Secretary of State, in which case no special formalities are required.
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