sir,
C.O.
37673
2 OCT 141
411
Public Works Department
Hong Kong
13th July, 1914.
I have the honour to address you with regard to the payment of passages to England for by wife and myself and to respectfully- request that you will forward this application to His Excellency the Governor for his kind oorsiderationt-
(1) When I was notified by Government that I would be invalided
from the service, I was mder the impression that I would be entitled to two single free passages to England, but was surprised when the Executive Engineer of my Department informed me that I would have to pay for these passaged
myself.
(2) According to the Conditions of the Free Passage Scheme, an
officer who has completed 3 years service in the Colony is entitled to 2% return fares to the United Kingdom and as I have completed more than half this term since I returned from my last leave, I felt confident that the Government would grant me two single free passages,
(3) In support of my application, I would respectfully point
out that, (A) having completed more than half the prescribed term of 5 years, I should be entitled to at least half the bonafits I would derive had I completed the full term; and (B) that I am forced to retire on pension through fill health and through no fault of my own.
I therefore have the honour to apply that two single free passages to the United Kingdom be granted me, failing which, that I be allowed to serve the full term of 5 years, as at the present time, I have not the means to pay my ow
fares.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable,
Director of Public W
orks.
Your bedient servant,
Auhias