Retrospective
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Furlough Pay.
Petition for Consideration
I believe it is customary to grant all
additional emoluments in cases
in which mine was considered as.
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of Annual leave.
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In the same previous to leaving Hongkong
I appeared before the Salaries Commission
appointed by His Excellency the Governor, together
with all the Sanitary Staff.
This Commission, I was informed before leaving,
had decided to grant various
increases, and the paid increases to be retrospective.
that
In the event of this being the case, I hope
you
will consider me as entitled to the retrospective increase for the period that elapsed whilst I was in Crown employ.
notice.
I humbly present the foregoing to your
as being.
though my
arrival in
England, my
health has greatly improved, I have
been physically unfit for work, especially
in
Sanitary work as
medical examination
insisted upon before appointment. I have applied
to several Authorities, though my qualifications
& testimonials are
exceptionally
on Medical grounds.
Previous to entering
was stated in
good
I have been
Government employ on what
staff, I was in the Permanent employ of the
Liverpool Corporation, and now
under excessive work in a
owing
to break down
tropical climate &
Unemployed and with
in a penniless state
owing to my
very
few coppers or
or no immediate prospect
sickness beyond the charity of my friends.
I have the honour
To be Sir,
Your obedient Servant
J.H. Dandy.