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,
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however, be
in accordance with the
tant precedents, adopted,