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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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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