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Enclosure No.1 to Despatch No./22,of_the_
18th. March, 1903.
Gentlemen,
!
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 28th. November, 1902.
I have the honour to confirm my telegram
of the 28th. instant reply to your telegram of the 24th.
instant and to inform you that an annual pension of $240.68
from the Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund should be paid to
Widow Wildey with effect from the 21st. October, 1900, in-
clusive at the rate of 3/- to the dollar.
The Report to you of the grant of this
pension seems to have been delayed pending a decision as to
the rate of exchange at which it and other pensions from the
Widows and Orphans' Fund should be paid in England, and then
overlooked.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies,
LONDON.
I have etc.,
(Sd.) P. H. May,
Colonial Secretary.