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examination should be passed.
preliminary
the service and that the certificate This
examination should give the holder the right of admission to the Fund without
having
entering
in
given
further ceremony
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and point out that the wrong
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Hongkong.
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Ind 3 JUN (2)
Government House,
Hongkong, 28th April, 1902.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 75 of March 13th, transmitting a
copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Lucas to Mr. T. E. Young
relative to the Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund.
2.
In reply to paragraph 3 of that letter,
I have the honour to inform you that it has not been the
general practice in this Colony to call upon candidates locally selected for employment in the Civil Service to present
themselves for Medical Examination in connection with the
Widows and Orphans' Fund, but that I have now caused a Notification to be addressed to Heads of Departments instructing them
in future to call upon all successful candidates to present
themselves to the Principal Civil Medical Officer for Medical
Examination.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
Major-General,
Administering the Government.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&c., &c., &c.
IND
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