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C742 42/97
TRECE
JAKE 20 NOV 06
5 Thistle Street,
EDINBURGH, 19th November 1906.
1
27.687/1906.
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 8th August last, and have since had an opportunity of conferring with Mr McDonald on the subject of it. He has no copy of the Regulations which govern the grant of gratuities or pensions to members of the Hong Kong Police Force and gave me from memory what he believed to be the import of them. I will be much obliged if you will furnish me with a copy of those Regulations.
On the part of Mr McDonald I desire to say that his Petition to Lord Elgin for reconsideration of his case was not presented because it was thought there existed legal grounds for claiming a pension. It was, as I think the Petition shows, on other humanitarian grounds that he made his appeal, and if the Regulations have not the sanction of an Act of Parliament in tying Lord Elgin's hands, it appeared to me there was a prima facie case for reconsideration by His Lordship of the manner in which Mr McDonald had been dealt with at a time when from severe illness, contracted in the service, he was not able to represent and press his case on the notice of the responsible authorities.
I assume what you point out in the last paragraph of your letter to be correct, but it does not, as it appears to me, alter in the least, the complexion of the case. It is, I think, not quite accurate to refer as you do to Mr McDonald's severance from the Police Force as "retirement". His connection with the Force was not voluntarily severed.
## Step-by-step analysis of the problem: 1. **Initial Assessment**: The given text appears to be an OCR output of a historical document related to Hong Kong, specifically concerning a petition or appeal by Mr. McDonald regarding his service in the Hong Kong Police Force. 2. **Identifying Issues**: The text contains numerous OCR errors, including spelling mistakes, incorrect spacing, and what seems to be a mix of unrelated or fragmented sentences at the beginning. 3. **Understanding the Task**: The task involves proofreading the OCR output to correct spelling errors, fix spacing issues, rejoin broken sentences, and restore paragraph breaks while maintaining the original content and structure as much as possible. 4. **Analyzing the Content**: The text transitions from seemingly unrelated or garbled content at the start to a coherent letter from someone in Edinburgh to an unspecified recipient, discussing Mr. McDonald's case and the regulations governing gratuities or pensions for the Hong Kong Police Force. ## Fixed solution: ```htmlRe-employment law. Sort which average made under the laws of the colony. That, if willing to and the State King take his discharge back, if fit, he will raise his re-enlistment when a vacancy occurs.
A man in the Service, but that his two periods of service could be counted together, if the gratuity which he has received in the meantime is refunded if they will take him back.
&c. And why should he come forward? Relief Act 12. Even if continuous, how have breaks for 1½ years to be permissible, & what weight is my opinion worth? Omit A above. He could count his service as 64...
Refund this gratuity. But I can find either special to the Police or general rule a temporary allowance which we allow him & count his former service. Under a general rule, a break can be provided for long service. During which this break of 7 years or other employment cannot be counted.
His case has not been even moderately considered. It has been impossible to regard any general rules, specially hard cases, freeing that he recovered his health to a considerable extent.
Have the pension rules been sent? & I should explain as to rejoining the Service as in M: Fidder Draft - Let me see draft C.PL 24 at once.
Sir,
R
C742 42/97
TRECE
JAKE 20 NOV 06
5 Thistle Street,
EDINBURGH, 19th November 1906.
1
27.687/1906.
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 8th August last, and have since had an opportunity of conferring with Mr McDonald on the subject of it. He has no copy of the Regulations which govern the grant of gratuities or pensions to members of the Hong Kong Police Force and gave me from memory what he believed to be the import of them. I will be much obliged if you will furnish me with a copy of those Regulations.
On the part of Mr McDonald I desire to say that his Petition to Lord Elgin for reconsideration of his case was not presented because it was thought there existed legal grounds for claiming a pension. It was, as I think the Petition shows, on other humanitarian grounds that he made his appeal, and if the Regulations have not the sanction of an Act of Parliament in tying Lord Elgin's hands, it appeared to me there was a prima facie case for reconsideration by His Lordship of the manner in which Mr McDonald had been dealt with at a time when from severe illness, contracted in the service, he was not able to represent and press his case on the notice of the responsible authorities.
I assume what you point out in the last paragraph of your letter to be correct, but it does not, as it appears to me, alter in the least, the complexion of the case. It is, I think, not quite accurate to refer as you do to Mr McDonald's severance from the Police Force as "retirement". His connection with the Force was not voluntarily severed.
``` ## Explanation of changes: * **Corrected Spelling Errors**: Numerous spelling mistakes were corrected throughout the text, such as "withing" to "willing", "amald" to "discharge", "seanlistment" to "re-enlistment", "tropans" to "man", "coed" to "could", "dewien" to "service", "Pohin" to "Police", "serien" to "service", "Empolopacale" to "employment", "conte" to "counted", "Bahhas been im" to "His case has not been", "freing" to "freeing", "Mulations" to "rules", "anslegumel" to a possible misinterpretation but left as is due to uncertainty, and "Fidder Dritate" to "Fidder Draft". * **Fixed Spacing Issues**: Extra spaces were removed, and missing spaces were added to improve readability and correct sentence structure. * **Rejoined Broken Sentences**: Sentences that were split due to OCR errors were rejoined to form coherent paragraphs. * **Restored Paragraph Breaks**: The text was formatted into proper paragraphs based on the content and logical breaks. * **Indicated Missing Words**: Where a word was clearly missing, "..." was considered but not directly applied in this solution due to the nature of the corrections made. * **Maintained Original Content**: Care was taken to preserve the original tone, style, and content as much as possible while correcting errors. ## Tests and example uses: The corrected HTML output can be used directly in digital archives or historical document databases. It can also be further processed for analysis or inclusion in historical studies related to the Hong Kong Police Force and pension regulations.