DRAFT.
M 9832
C. C. Malsch
MINUTE.
Macnaghten 26/4
Mr. Sir W. Hamilton (192)
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cot.
Mr. Lucas.
Mr. Graham.
Sir E. Wingfield.
Earl of Selborne.
Mr. Chamberlain.
49801
Hong Kong
402
29 April 99
Sir,
I am directed by Mr Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant and to inform you that in view of your statement that your service in Hong Kong has been unbroken since 1884, he provisionally grants you a pension at the rate of $950 from 1st June next.
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necessary to refer to the Governor in regard to this Pearson pending the receipt of his reply. The Pension must be regarded as only provisional.