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Hong Kong.
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Sir H. Blake.
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S 11445
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Hong Kong.
Downing Street,
15th September, 1899
MINUTE.
Mr. Macnaghten 9/9
Mr. Sir W. Hamilton.
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
Mr. Graham.
Sir E. Wingfield.
Earl of Selborne. Mr. Chamberlain.
Sir,
With reference to my despatch No.22 of the 26th January last, I have the honour to inform you that I have received a memorial from Mr. W. Stanton, late Inspector in the Hong Kong Police Force, in which he asks that a Pension may be awarded to him on the allowance drawn by him as Examiner of Weights & Measures.
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2. Before deciding whether the allowance in question is pensionable, I request you to inform me what were the nature and conditions of the appointment, and on what grounds the Allowance was not included in the calculation of his Pension. In any case, if it is...