Draft Corporal 9. Tusky
Communications on this subject should be addressed
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.,
and the following further quoted.
Macnaghten 14/6 Johnson
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Sir,
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125-704/97
Hongkong
Despatch No. 2,
07
16 June 1897
I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to
inform you that, subject to your being passed by the medical officer as physically fit for service, and with the permission of the Sec. of State for War, this Department proposes to select you for
appointment as hospital warder in the Gaol Hospital at Hongkong and I am to enclose for your information
copy of the particulars of
Emoluments attached to the appointment
[Copy of particulars annexed]
Confidential 18964
August 18385
You will be required, on being appointed, to give security to the
Government in respect of the pecuniary responsibility attaching to
the 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 "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.
Copy sent 146 - 23 July
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