considered in at the
time, and that as at present advised Mr. B.
V dis ook belt to
can sle
mo
to sufficient grounds
for reopening
it
after
the long interval of
time which has
elapsed
I am
Mr Chamberlain.
however to enclose
observations that in the
statement accompanying the
petition you
state that
after the appeal
through Colonel Kamp
in 1899 reply which was
and the
Swen refusing
of a letter which
he has caused to be
transmitted
to
Jan 24
B. J. Holt ?
254
Copy
I am
directed
by Mr Chamberlain,
to
the case
of your
petition for a pension
in respect of your
Hongkong
service
you wrote
to Mr Chamberlain
in February 1900 and emphatically
denied that
you
were
guilty of the charge of bribery
or that
you
had ever admitted
or
said anything that could
possibly be construed
into such an
admission
This letter
cannot be traced as
having been received
in this Department and I
would be
glad to know
whether you
have received
any
answer
thereto and if not why
you
have waited for 3
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Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested:considered in at the time, and that as at present advised Mr. B. V. dis ook belt to can sle mo to sufficient grounds for reopening it after the long interval of time which has elapsed
I am, Mr Chamberlain. however to enclose observations that in the statement accompanying the petition you state that after the appeal through Colonel Kamp in 1899 reply which was and the Swen refusing of a letter which he has caused to be transmitted
Jan 24 B. J. Holt ? 254 Copy
I am directed by Mr Chamberlain, to ack thereupon to the case of your petition for a pension in respect of your Hongkong service
you wrote to Mr Chamberlain in February 1900 and emphatically denied that you were guilty of the charge of bribery or that you had ever admitted or said anything that could possibly be construed into such an admission
This letter cannot be traced as having been received in this Department and I would be glad to know whether you have received any answer thereto and if not why you have waited for 3
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