No. 16 of the 19th March, 1897, Mr. Crushed was inadvertently premised

addition

an a

of year for oilye professional qualification,

besides the addition

grantable

under section

15 (2) of the Hong Kong

Pension Memo

3. It was

decided in paragraph 5

196

of my predecessor's despatch No.

No. 690 of

the 7th December, 1893 that the addition for professional qualifications

should not be included

in section 157, the Minute; and

advised that as

of

Jan

the

Minute now stands this twofold addition to

Mr. Crushed's pensionable

service

right not strictly speaking, be made. In view, however, of the promise made to the

...

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at the time of his appointment I am

prepared to approve of the

addition

in his

case,

but it must not

be used

in

any

future

case.

4. The calculation

enclosed in

your despatch

under ack is not quite

accurate, since

Mr. Crushed's gross

Ceylon

service in

was 31 years 4 months

23 days, and his

pensionable service

in

Colony

that

6 months

29 years. It will,

23

however, be

in accordance with the

tant precedents, adopted,

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