1st
Petition
of such an act, your petitioner most respectfully begs that you will, in your consideration, take his petition, and order his case to be heard as one of resignation, instead of dismissal, and that you will be pleased to grant him a pension for his years of faithful service. Your petitioner will be ever grateful.
He is, Sir,
Your most humble and obedient Servant,
[Illegible name]
DRAFT.
J. Holt Esq.
MINUTE.
Mr. Stubbs & Mr. Collins &
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
Mr. Graham.
Sir M. Ommanney.
Mr. Churchill.
The Earl of Elgin.
Hongkong, 18/3/18
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D.C.D.
Nov: 1906.
Directed to acknowledge your letter of the 16th instant, regarding your dismissal from the Police Force.
2. In reply, I am to state that your case was considered in 1903 by the then Governor, Sir H.A. Blake, and that Lord Elgin...
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