The user wants me to proofread OCR output of a historical document relating to Hong Kong. The text appears to be a table of medical department staff appointments, salaries, etc. I need to reconstruct it as a Markdown table.
First, I need to understand the structure. The OCR output is messy. It seems to be a table with columns: OFFICE, Date, NAME, of, Authority, Appointment, Annual Salary, House or Quarters and Allowances, Absence from Colony during 1928, Date of First Appointment.
But the OCR has broken lines. Let me parse the content.
The header lines:
"OFFICE.
Date
NAME.
of
Authority.
Appointmeul.
Annual Salary,
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—Continued.
B-HOSPITAL AND ASYLUMS,—Continued.
VICTORIA Hospital for WOMEN AND CHILDREN,—Continued.
Dressing Station, Wanchai —
Probationer Dresser,
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—
House or Quarters, and Allowances
for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose.
Absence from the Colony during 1928.
Date of First Appointment"
Then rows:
"Chan Kom-fook.
1985 Aprit,
No. 2078 of 1915,
$ 480
$96 House Allowance.
1927."
Wait, "1985 Aprit" likely is "19th April, 1925"? But later there is "19th April, 1927." at bottom. Let's see.
Actually, the OCR shows "1985 Aprit," maybe "19th April, 1925"? But the date of first appointment at bottom shows "19th April, 1927." for Chan Kom-fook? Let's examine.
The bottom lines:
"19th April, 1927. 1st June,
1928.
212
(J 126 )
1st February, 1911.
1st February,
1911.
1st June,
1927.
1st December,
1928."
These appear to be dates of first appointment for each person.
Let's list the persons:
This is messy. It seems there are multiple sections: Probationer Dressers at Victoria Hospital, then Kowloon Hospital staff: Class IV Clerk, Class V Clerk, Class VI Clerk, then Amahs, Ward-boys, Cooks, BICO (maybe "Boys"?).
The OCR has merged columns. I need to reconstruct a table with appropriate columns.
The original document likely has columns: Office, Date of Appointment, Name, Authority of Appointment, Annual Salary, House/Quarters/Allowances, Absence from Colony during 1928, Date of First Appointment.
But the OCR shows "House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose." and "Absence from the Colony during 1928." and "Date of First Appointment" as column headers.
Also there is "MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—Continued. B-HOSPITAL AND ASYLUMS,—Continued. VICTORIA Hospital for WOMEN AND CHILDREN,—Continued. Dressing Station, Wanchai — Probationer Dresser," which are section headers.
Then "KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—" another section.
Then the staff list.
I think the best is to create a Markdown table for each section, but the user wants the proofread text in Markdown, preserving paragraph breaks. However, this is tabular data. The instruction says: "Use Markdown table syntax to reconstruct tabular data."
Thus I should output a Markdown table.
But the OCR is not clearly separated into rows. I need to infer rows.
Let's parse line by line.
The OCR text:
"OFFICE.
Date
NAME.
of
Authority.
Appointmeul.
Annual Salary,
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—Continued.
B-HOSPITAL AND ASYLUMS,—Continued.
VICTORIA Hospital for WOMEN AND CHILDREN,—Continued.
Dressing Station, Wanchai —
Probationer Dresser,
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—
House or Quarters, and Allowances
for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose.
Absence from the Colony during 1928.
Date of First Appointment
Chan Kom-fook.
1985 Aprit,
No. 2078 of 1915,
$ 480
$96 House Allowance.
1927.
Ki Yau-wa.
(1)
1st June,
Do.
-100
Do.
1927.
Sung Ju-leung,
(2)
1st July,
1927.
Do.
400
Do.
Cheung Yo-ming.
(3)
Chan Sui-wall.
6th March,
No. 2078 of 1915.
480
Do.
Na, 3292 of 1928,
440
Do.
Imu Lai-onu.
11th December, No. 3 in 3292 of 1928.
480
Do.
1928,
i
Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.)
An diing-tson,
Clas V Clerk,
(do.)
Au Ding-tsum.
(4)
Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926.
No. 2624 of 1925.
1,200
Do.
Do.
Class VI Clerk, ( do. )
Wong Yan-lung.
(5)
15th June, 1927.
No. 2689 of 1926.
1,150 $180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extru work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 450 $60 Allee, for Extra Work on Sin-
days and Statutory Holidays.
Do.
( do.)
Leung Nai-kuen.
1st December, 1928.
No. 45 in 4200 of 1927. (Confidential).
4.50
Do.
4 Amalo,
at $216 each.
Establishment.
864
Quarters.
! New Amah,
At $216.
Do.
216
Qimeters.
9 Ward-boys,
2 Cooks,
at $204 sach.
Do.
1,836 | Quarters.
$24 each Rent Allow-
a
BICO,
1 at $201 and 1 at $140.
Do.
384
Do.
AAAAAA
-
19th April, 1927. 1st June,
1928.
212
(J 126 )
1st February, 1911.
1st February,
1911.
1st June,
1927.
1st December,
1928."
We need to reconstruct.
First, note that "Do." likely means "Ditto" (same as above). Also "Do." appears in columns.
The columns might be:
But the OCR shows "House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose." and "Absence from the Colony during 1928." and "Date of First Appointment" as separate headers.
Also there is "OFFICE. Date NAME. of Authority. Appointmeul. Annual Salary," which are column headers.
Thus the table has 8 columns.
Let's try to map each row.
First section: VICTORIA Hospital for WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Dressing Station, Wanchai — Probationer Dresser.
There are five "Do." lines after "Probationer Dresser," maybe indicating five probationer dressers? But only names: Chan Kom-fook, Ki Yau-wa, Sung Ju-leung, Cheung Yo-ming, Chan Sui-wall, Imu Lai-onu? That's six names. Actually list: Chan Kom-fook, Ki Yau-wa, Sung Ju-leung, Cheung Yo-ming, Chan Sui-wall, Imu Lai-onu. That's six. But there are five "Do." lines? Let's count: "Probationer Dresser, Do. Do. Do. Do. Do." That's five "Do." after the first, total six positions? Actually "Probationer Dresser," then five "Do." = six entries. But we have six names. Good.
But the data for each name seems to follow.
Let's parse each name block.
"1985 Aprit," -> likely "19th April, 1925"? But later "19th April, 1927." appears at bottom for first appointment. The "Date of Appointment" column might be "19th April, 1925"? However "1985 Aprit" is garbled. Could be "19th April, 1925". But the authority: "No. 2078 of 1915," Annual Salary: "$ 480", House Allowance: "$96 House Allowance.", Absence: "1927."? Actually "1927." might be absence? But the column "Absence from the Colony during 1928." Maybe "1927" is not absence. Let's see later.
Then "Ki Yau-wa. (1) 1st June, Do. -100 Do. 1927." This is messy.
Actually the OCR might have merged columns incorrectly. Let's think: The original table likely has each row with columns: Office, Date of Appointment, Name, Authority, Annual Salary, House/Quarters/Allowances, Absence, Date of First Appointment.
But the OCR output is linearized. We need to reconstruct rows by aligning columns.
Perhaps the OCR read the table column by column? But it seems row by row.
Let's look at the bottom dates: "19th April, 1927. 1st June, 1927. 1st July, 1927. 6th Mareli, 1928. 1st April, 1928. 11th December, 1928." These are six dates, matching six names? Actually there are six names for Probationer Dressers? But we have six names: Chan Kom-fook, Ki Yau-wa, Sung Ju-leung, Cheung Yo-ming, Chan Sui-wall, Imu Lai-onu. That's six. The dates: 19th April 1927, 1st June 1927, 1st July 1927, 6th March 1928, 1st April 1928, 11th December 1928. These could be "Date of First Appointment" for each.
Then later: "212 (J 126 ) 1st February, 1911. 1st February, 1911. 1st June, 1927. 1st December, 1928." These four dates might be for the clerks and others.
So the bottom section lists "Date of First Appointment" for each person in order.
Thus we can use that to assign.
Let's list all persons in order as they appear:
But the bottom dates only 10 dates? Let's count bottom dates: first line: "19th April, 1927. 1st June, 1927. 1st July, 1927. 6th Mareli, 1928. 1st April, 1928. 11th December, 1928." That's 6 dates.
Next line: "212 (J 126 ) 1st February, 1911. 1st February, 1911. 1st June, 1927. 1st December, 1928." That's 4 dates (ignoring "212 (J 126 )"). Total 10 dates.
So there are 10 persons with Date of First Appointment.
The persons likely: 6 Probationer Dressers, then 4 clerks? But we have Class IV, Class V, Class VI, and Leung Nai-kuen? That's 4. Total 10.
The Amahs, Ward-boys, Cooks, BICO might be groups not individuals, so no first appointment dates.
So the table likely includes individual officers only.
Let's reconstruct the table for individual officers.
Columns: Office, Date of Appointment, Name, Authority of Appointment, Annual Salary, House/Quarters/Allowances, Absence from Colony during 1928, Date of First Appointment.
We'll create a Markdown table with these columns.
Need to parse each person's data from the OCR.
Let's go through the OCR sequentially and assign columns.
The OCR after headers:
"Chan Kom-fook.
1985 Aprit,
No. 2078 of 1915,
$ 480
$96 House Allowance.
1927."
This seems like: Name: Chan Kom-fook. Date of Appointment: 19th April, 1925? But "1985 Aprit" could be "19th April, 1925". However the Date of First Appointment for him is 19th April, 1927 (from bottom). So maybe Date of Appointment is 19th April, 1925? But the authority No. 2078 of 1915 seems old. Could be the authority for the position? Actually "Authority of Appointment" might be the reference number.
Annual Salary: $480. House/Quarters/Allowances: $96 House Allowance. Absence: 1927? But absence during 1928? Maybe "1927" is not absence. Could be "Nil" or something. The OCR might have misread "Nil" as "1927"? But "1927" appears.
Next: "Ki Yau-wa.
(1)
1st June,
Do.
-100
Do.
1927."
Name: Ki Yau-wa. (1) maybe a number. Date of Appointment: 1st June, (year?). "Do." likely ditto for authority? Authority: "Do." meaning same as previous? But previous authority was "No. 2078 of 1915". So maybe same. Annual Salary: "-100"? That seems odd. Could be "$100"? But negative? Maybe "$100"? House/Quarters: "Do." meaning same $96 House Allowance? Absence: 1927.
Next: "Sung Ju-leung,
(2)
1st July,
1927.
Do.
400
Do."
Name: Sung Ju-leung. (2) Date: 1st July, 1927. Authority: Do. Salary: 400. Allowances: Do. Absence? Not shown.
Next: "Cheung Yo-ming.
(3)
Chan Sui-wall.
6th March,
No. 2078 of 1915.
480
Do.
Na, 3292 of 1928,
440
Do."
This is messy. It seems two persons: Cheung Yo-ming and Chan Sui-wall. But the lines are interleaved.
Let's parse: "Cheung Yo-ming. (3) Chan Sui-wall. 6th March, 1928. 1st April, 1928, No. 2078 of 1915. 480 Do. Na, 3292 of 1928, 440 Do."
Possibly:
But the OCR shows "Na, 3292 of 1928," maybe "No. 3292 of 1928".
Next: "Imu Lai-onu.
11th December, No. 3 in 3292 of 1928.
480
Do.
1928,
i"
Name: Imu Lai-onu (maybe "Im Lai-on"?). Date: 11th December, 1928. Authority: No. 3 in 3292 of 1928. Salary: 480. Allowances: Do. Absence: ? The "1928," and "i" maybe artifacts.
Then: "Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.)
An diing-tson,
Clas V Clerk,
(do.)
Au Ding-tsum.
(4)
Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926.
No. 2624 of 1925.
1,200
Do.
Do."
This section: "Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.)" is office. Then "An diing-tson" maybe name? But "An diing-tson" could be "An Ding-tson"? Then "Clas V Clerk, (do.) Au Ding-tsum." So two clerks: Class IV Clerk: An Ding-tson? Class V Clerk: Au Ding-tsum. But the data lines: "(4) Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926. No. 2624 of 1925. 1,200 Do. Do."
"Ust." likely "1st". So Date of Appointment: 1st January, 1928 for Class IV Clerk? And 25th October, 1926 for Class V Clerk? Authority: No. 2624 of 1925. Salary: 1,200 for Class IV? Then "Do." for Class V? But "Do." might mean same salary? But Class V Clerk salary might be different. However the OCR shows "1,200 Do. Do." Could be salary 1,200 for both? But later there is "Class VI Clerk, ( do. ) Wong Yan-lung. (5) 15th June, 1927. No. 2689 of 1926. 1,150 $180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extru work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 450 $60 Allee, for Extra Work on Sin- days and Statutory Holidays. Do. ( do.) Leung Nai-kuen. 1st December, 1928. No. 45 in 4200 of 1927. (Confidential). 4.50 Do."
This is very messy.
Let's step back. The document is likely a "Civil List" or "Establishment List" for Hong Kong Medical Department. The format is standard: columns: Office, Date of Appointment, Name, Authority, Annual Salary, House/Quarters/Allowances, Absence from Colony, Date of First Appointment.
The OCR has lost column alignment. We need to reconstruct rows by logical grouping.
Approach: Use the bottom "Date of First Appointment" list to anchor each person. There are 10 dates for 10 individuals. The individuals in order of appearance:
The bottom dates:
Note: The 7th and 8th are both 1st February, 1911. That might be for the two clerks (Class IV and Class V) who have long service.
The 9th is 1st June, 1927 for Wong Yan-lung? The 10th is 1st December, 1928 for Leung Nai-kuen.
This matches.
Now we need to extract other columns for each.
Let's parse the OCR text sequentially, assuming it lists each person's data in column order: Office, Date of Appointment, Name, Authority, Annual Salary, House/Quarters/Allowances, Absence, Date of First Appointment (but the last column is given at bottom).
However the OCR seems to have the Date of First Appointment at the bottom separately. So the main table might not include that column; it's added at the end. But the header includes "Date of First Appointment". So the table includes it.
The OCR shows "Date of First Appointment" as a header, then the data rows, then at the bottom a list of dates. Possibly the OCR read the table row by row, but the last column was at the bottom of the page? Or the OCR separated it.
We'll reconstruct the table with all columns, using the bottom dates for the last column.
Now, let's extract each person's data from the OCR lines.
I'll go through the OCR text line by line and assign to columns.
The OCR after headers:
"Chan Kom-fook.
1985 Aprit,
No. 2078 of 1915,
$ 480
$96 House Allowance.
1927."
This appears to be: Name: Chan Kom-fook. Date of Appointment: 19th April, 1925? But "1985 Aprit" is likely "19th April, 1925". However the Date of First Appointment is 19th April, 1927. So maybe Date of Appointment is 19th April, 1925? But the authority No. 2078 of 1915 is old. Could be the authority for the post. Annual Salary: $480. House/Quarters/Allowances: $96 House Allowance. Absence: 1927? But absence during 1928? Maybe "Nil" misread as "1927". Or perhaps "1927" is the date of first appointment? But that's 1927. Actually the bottom date for him is 19th April, 1927. So the "1927" here might be the Date of First Appointment? But the header "Absence from the Colony during 1928." suggests that column is for absence in 1928. Could be "Nil". The OCR might have misread "Nil" as "1927"? Unlikely.
Let's look at Ki Yau-wa: "Ki Yau-wa. (1) 1st June, Do. -100 Do. 1927." Here "1927" appears again. For Sung Ju-leung: "Sung Ju-leung, (2) 1st July, 1927. Do. 400 Do." No trailing year. For Cheung Yo-ming/Chan Sui-wall: "Cheung Yo-ming. (3) Chan Sui-wall. 6th March, 1928. 1st April, 1928, No. 2078 of 1915. 480 Do. Na, 3292 of 1928, 440 Do." No trailing year. For Imu Lai-onu: "Imu Lai-onu. 11th December, No. 3 in 3292 of 1928. 480 Do. 1928, i" Trailing "1928,".
For clerks: "Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.) An diing-tson, Clas V Clerk, (do.) Au Ding-tsum. (4) Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926. No. 2624 of 1925. 1,200 Do. Do." No trailing year.
"Class VI Clerk, ( do. ) Wong Yan-lung. (5) 15th June, 1927. No. 2689 of 1926. 1,150 $180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extru work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 450 $60 Allee, for Extra Work on Sin- days and Statutory Holidays. Do. ( do.) Leung Nai-kuen. 1st December, 1928. No. 45 in 4200 of 1927. (Confidential). 4.50 Do."
Here there are numbers like "450" and "4.50" which might be salaries for different posts? Actually "1,150" is salary for Wong Yan-lung. Then "$180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance..." that's allowances. Then "450 $60 Allee..." maybe for Leung Nai-kuen? But Leung Nai-kuen appears later with salary "4.50"? That seems too low. Maybe "450" is salary for Leung Nai-kuen? And "4.50" is a misread of "450"? The OCR shows "4.50 Do." after Leung Nai-kuen.
Then "4 Amalo, at $216 each. Establishment. 864 Quarters. ! New Amah, At $216. Do. 216 Qimeters. 9 Ward-boys, 2 Cooks, at $204 sach. Do. 1,836 | Quarters. $24 each Rent Allow- a BICO, 1 at $201 and 1 at $140. Do. 384 Do."
This part is about group establishments, not individuals.
So the individual officers are the 10 persons.
Let's build a table for these 10.
We'll need to infer each column.
Column headers from OCR: OFFICE, Date, NAME, of Authority, Appointment, Annual Salary, House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose, Absence from the Colony during 1928, Date of First Appointment.
But "of Authority" and "Appointment" might be two columns: "Authority of Appointment" and "Date of Appointment"? Actually the header lines: "OFFICE. Date NAME. of Authority. Appointmeul. Annual Salary," This suggests columns: OFFICE, Date, NAME, Authority of Appointment, Annual Salary. Then the next headers: "House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose. Absence from the Colony during 1928. Date of First Appointment". So total 8 columns.
Let's define columns:
Now, for each person, we need to fill these.
We'll parse the OCR sequentially, assuming the data is presented in row-major order but with line breaks.
Let's write the OCR lines as a continuous stream and try to segment per person.
The text after "Date of First Appointment" header:
"Chan Kom-fook.
1985 Aprit,
No. 2078 of 1915,
$ 480
$96 House Allowance.
1927.
Ki Yau-wa.
(1)
1st June,
Do.
-100
Do.
1927.
Sung Ju-leung,
(2)
1st July,
1927.
Do.
400
Do.
Cheung Yo-ming.
(3)
Chan Sui-wall.
6th March,
No. 2078 of 1915.
480
Do.
Na, 3292 of 1928,
440
Do.
Imu Lai-onu.
11th December, No. 3 in 3292 of 1928.
480
Do.
1928,
i
Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.)
An diing-tson,
Clas V Clerk,
(do.)
Au Ding-tsum.
(4)
Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926.
No. 2624 of 1925.
1,200
Do.
Do.
Class VI Clerk, ( do. )
Wong Yan-lung.
(5)
15th June, 1927.
No. 2689 of 1926.
1,150 $180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extru work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 450 $60 Allee, for Extra Work on Sin- days and Statutory Holidays.
Do.
( do.)
Leung Nai-kuen.
1st December, 1928.
No. 45 in 4200 of 1927. (Confidential).
4.50
Do."
It seems each person's data is grouped but not consistently.
Let's try to parse per person using the bottom dates as anchor.
Person 1: Chan Kom-fook. Date of First Appointment: 19th April, 1927.
From OCR: "Chan Kom-fook. 1985 Aprit, No. 2078 of 1915, $ 480 $96 House Allowance. 1927."
So:
Office: Probationer Dresser (from section)
Date of Appointment: 19th April, 1925? But "1985 Aprit" -> "19th April, 1925"? However the section is "Dressing Station, Wanchai — Probationer Dresser". The date might be the date of appointment to this post. Could be 19th April, 1925. But the first appointment date is 19th April, 1927. That would be contradictory (first appointment later than current appointment). So maybe "1985 Aprit" is "19th April, 1927"? But the bottom says 19th April, 1927 for first appointment. The "Date" column might be "Date of Appointment" to current post, which could be same as first appointment if first post. But the OCR shows "1985 Aprit" which could be "19th April, 1927" misread as 1985? "19th April, 1927" -> "1985 Aprit"? No.
Let's examine "1985 Aprit". Could be "19th April, 1925" if the '2' is misread as '8'? "1925" -> "1985"? Not likely. Could be "19th April, 1927" with '27' misread as '85'? No.
Maybe the OCR read "19th April, 1927" as "1985 Aprit" due to smudges. But the bottom date is exactly "19th April, 1927". So perhaps the Date of Appointment column is the same as Date of First Appointment for him. The OCR might have duplicated.
However, the OCR shows "1927." at the end of his block, which might be the Absence column? But absence during 1928? Could be "Nil" but OCR reads "1927". Or maybe it's the Date of First Appointment printed in the row, and the bottom list is a summary.
Given the confusion, I'll assume the Date of Appointment for Chan Kom-fook is 19th April, 1927 (same as first appointment). The "1985 Aprit" is a garbled version of "19th April, 1927". I'll correct to "19th April, 1927".
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915.
Annual Salary: $480.
House/Quarters/Allowances: $96 House Allowance.
Absence from Colony during 1928: Nil (or not stated). The "1927." might be a misread of "Nil". I'll put "Nil".
Date of First Appointment: 19th April, 1927.
Person 2: Ki Yau-wa. Date of First Appointment: 1st June, 1927.
OCR: "Ki Yau-wa. (1) 1st June, Do. -100 Do. 1927."
Office: Probationer Dresser.
Date of Appointment: 1st June, 1927 (likely).
Authority: Do. (ditto) -> No. 2078 of 1915.
Annual Salary: -100? That must be $100? But negative sign maybe a dash? Could be "$100". But other probationers have $480, $400. $100 seems low. Maybe it's "$480"? But "Do." for salary? Actually the salary column might be "$480" for first, then "Do." for same? But here it's "-100". Could be "$100" but with a dash for some reason. Or maybe it's "$480" misread. Let's see Sung Ju-leung: salary 400. Cheung Yo-ming: 480. Chan Sui-wall: 440. Imu Lai-onu: 480. So salaries vary. Ki Yau-wa might be $480? But the OCR shows "-100". Could be "$480" with '4' misread as '-' and '80' as '100'? Not sure.
The "Do." after "1st June," might be for Authority. Then "-100" for Salary. Then "Do." for Allowances. Then "1927." for Absence? But again 1927.
I'll assume Salary: $480 (same as first) but the OCR shows "-100". However, the "Do." for Allowances likely means same $96 House Allowance.
Absence: Nil.
Date of First Appointment: 1st June, 1927.
Person 3: Sung Ju-leung. Date of First Appointment: 1st July, 1927.
OCR: "Sung Ju-leung, (2) 1st July, 1927. Do. 400 Do."
Office: Probationer Dresser.
Date of Appointment: 1st July, 1927.
Authority: Do. (No. 2078 of 1915)
Annual Salary: $400.
Allowances: Do. ($96 House Allowance)
Absence: Nil (not shown)
Date of First Appointment: 1st July, 1927.
Person 4: Cheung Yo-ming. Date of First Appointment: 6th March, 1928.
OCR: "Cheung Yo-ming. (3) Chan Sui-wall. 6th March, 1928. 1st April, 1928, No. 2078 of 1915. 480 Do. Na, 3292 of 1928, 440 Do."
This block contains two persons. Let's separate.
For Cheung Yo-ming:
Office: Probationer Dresser.
Date of Appointment: 6th March, 1928.
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915? But the text "No. 2078 of 1915." appears after "1st April, 1928,"? Actually the line: "6th March, 1928. 1st April, 1928, No. 2078 of 1915. 480 Do." It might be that "6th March, 1928" is Cheung's date, "1st April, 1928" is Chan Sui-wall's date. Then "No. 2078 of 1915." might be authority for Cheung? But then "480" salary for Cheung. "Do." allowances. Then "Na, 3292 of 1928," authority for Chan Sui-wall? "440" salary for Chan. "Do." allowances.
So:
Cheung Yo-ming:
Date of Appointment: 6th March, 1928.
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915.
Salary: $480.
Allowances: $96 House Allowance (Do.)
Absence: Nil.
Date of First Appointment: 6th March, 1928.
Chan Sui-wall:
Date of Appointment: 1st April, 1928.
Authority: No. 3292 of 1928.
Salary: $440.
Allowances: $96 House Allowance.
Absence: Nil.
Date of First Appointment: 1st April, 1928.
Person 6: Imu Lai-onu. Date of First Appointment: 11th December, 1928.
OCR: "Imu Lai-onu. 11th December, No. 3 in 3292 of 1928. 480 Do. 1928, i"
Office: Probationer Dresser.
Date of Appointment: 11th December, 1928.
Authority: No. 3 in 3292 of 1928.
Salary: $480.
Allowances: Do.
Absence: Nil.
Date of First Appointment: 11th December, 1928.
Person 7: An Ding-tson (Class IV Clerk). Date of First Appointment: 1st February, 1911.
OCR: "Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.) An diing-tson, Clas V Clerk, (do.) Au Ding-tsum. (4) Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926. No. 2624 of 1925. 1,200 Do. Do."
This block covers two clerks. Let's parse.
"Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.)" is office for An Ding-tson.
"An diing-tson" name.
"Clas V Clerk, (do.)" office for Au Ding-tsum.
"Au Ding-tsum." name.
"(4)" maybe a reference number.
"Ust. January, 1928." -> 1st January, 1928 (Date of Appointment for Class IV Clerk?)
"25th October, 1926." -> Date of Appointment for Class V Clerk?
"No. 2624 of 1925." -> Authority for both? Or for first?
"1,200" -> Salary for Class IV Clerk?
"Do." -> Allowances for Class IV Clerk? "Do." meaning same as previous? But previous allowances were for probationers. Might be "Quarters" or something.
"Do." -> for Class V Clerk salary and allowances? But "Do." might mean same salary? But Class V Clerk salary might be different. However the OCR shows "1,200 Do. Do." Could be salary 1,200 for both, and allowances same.
But later for Class VI Clerk, salary is 1,150. So Class IV and V might be 1,200 each.
Allowances: The header "House or Quarters, and Allowances..." For clerks, they might have quarters or rent allowance. The "Do." might refer to "Quarters" or "Rent Allowance". But we need to see the original. The OCR for Class VI Clerk shows "$180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extra work...". So for Class IV and V, maybe they have quarters. The "Do." might be "Quarters". But the previous "Do." for probationers was "$96 House Allowance". So "Do." might not be appropriate.
Actually, the "Do." in the table likely means "Ditto" for the column above. So for each column, "Do." repeats the value from the row above. But the rows are separate. In the OCR, the "Do." appears in the linear text. It might be that the table uses "Do." in each cell to indicate same as previous row. But the first row (Chan Kom-fook) has "$96 House Allowance". Then for Ki Yau-wa, "Do." in allowances column means same. For Sung Ju-leung, "Do." same. For Cheung Yo-ming, "Do." same. For Chan Sui-wall, "Do." same. For Imu Lai-onu, "Do." same. Then for Class IV Clerk, the allowances column might be "Quarters" or something else, not "Do." But the OCR shows "Do." for Class IV Clerk allowances? It shows "1,200 Do. Do." The first "Do." might be for allowances, second "Do." for next column (Absence?) or for next row.
Let's look at the column count. After Annual Salary, there is "House or Quarters, and Allowances...", then "Absence from the Colony during 1928.", then "Date of First Appointment". So three columns after salary.
For Chan Kom-fook: Salary $480, Allowances $96 House Allowance, Absence 1927? (maybe Nil), Date of First Appointment 19th April 1927.
For Ki Yau-wa: Salary -100, Allowances Do., Absence 1927?, Date of First Appointment 1st June 1927.
For Sung Ju-leung: Salary 400, Allowances Do., Absence ?, Date of First Appointment 1st July 1927.
For Cheung Yo-ming: Salary 480, Allowances Do., Absence ?, Date of First Appointment 6th March 1928.
For Chan Sui-wall: Salary 440, Allowances Do., Absence ?, Date of First Appointment 1st April 1928.
For Imu Lai-onu: Salary 480, Allowances Do., Absence ?, Date of First Appointment 11th Dec 1928.
For Class IV Clerk: Salary 1,200, Allowances Do.? But "Do." would mean $96 House Allowance, which is unlikely. Maybe the "Do." is for Absence column? Actually the OCR shows "1,200 Do. Do." That's two "Do."s. Could be Allowances and Absence both "Do."? But Absence "Do." would mean same as previous (Nil). That's plausible.
For Class V Clerk: The data might be on the same line? The OCR shows "Clas V Clerk, (do.) Au Ding-tsum. (4) Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926. No. 2624 of 1925. 1,200 Do. Do." It seems the "1,200 Do. Do." applies to both? Or maybe the "1,200" is for Class IV, and "Do. Do." for Class V? But there is no separate salary for Class V.
Let's check the bottom dates: two dates 1st February, 1911 for both Class IV and Class V. So they both have long service. Their salaries might be same.
I'll assume both have Salary $1,200, Allowances: Quarters (or maybe "Quarters" as per later). But the OCR for Class VI Clerk shows specific allowances. For Class IV and V, the allowances might be "Quarters". The "Do." might be a misread of "Quarters"? But "Do." is clearly "Do.".
Maybe the original table has "Quarters" for them, and the OCR misread as "Do."? But "Do." appears many times.
Let's look at the group entries later: "4 Amahs, at $216 each. Establishment. 864 Quarters." So "Quarters" is a term used.
For the clerks, the allowances might be "Quarters". The OCR might have "Quarters" but misread as "Do."? Unlikely.
Another possibility: The "Do." in the allowances column for clerks might be "Do." meaning "Ditto" from the previous row's allowances? But the previous row (Imu Lai-onu) has "$96 House Allowance". That would be weird.
Perhaps the table is structured with multiple sections, and "Do." is used within each section. The probationers section uses "Do." for allowances. Then a new section "KOWLOON HOSPITAL" starts, and the allowances column might have different values. The "Do." for clerks might be referring to the first clerk's allowances? But the first clerk (Class IV) might have "Quarters" written, and then "Do." for Class V and Class VI? But Class VI has explicit allowances.
Let's read the OCR from "KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—" onward.
"KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—
House or Quarters, and Allowances
for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose.
Absence from the Colony during 1928.
Date of First Appointment
Chan Kom-fook. ..."
Wait, the headers repeat? Actually the headers are at the top of the page. The "KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—" is a section header. Then the column headers are not repeated. The OCR just continues.
The data for Kowloon Hospital starts with Chan Kom-fook? But Chan Kom-fook is under Victoria Hospital. That seems off. Maybe the OCR has mixed sections.
Actually, the text: "VICTORIA Hospital for WOMEN AND CHILDREN,—Continued. Dressing Station, Wanchai — Probationer Dresser, Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. KOWLOON HOSPITAL :— House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose. Absence from the Colony during 1928. Date of First Appointment Chan Kom-fook."
This suggests that after the probationer dressers, the next section is Kowloon Hospital, and the column headers are repeated? But the column headers are only at the top. The OCR might have captured the column headers again? "House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose. Absence from the Colony during 1928. Date of First Appointment" are the last three column headers. They appear after "KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—". So maybe the table continues with the same columns.
Then the first entry under Kowloon Hospital is Chan Kom-fook? But Chan Kom-fook is a probationer dresser at Victoria Hospital. That doesn't make sense. Unless the list is combined.
Perhaps the OCR has misordered the columns. The "Chan Kom-fook" might be the first entry in the Kowloon Hospital section? But the name appears earlier.
Let's look at the very beginning: "OFFICE. Date NAME. of Authority. Appointmeul. Annual Salary, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—Continued. B-HOSPITAL AND ASYLUMS,—Continued. VICTORIA Hospital for WOMEN AND CHILDREN,—Continued. Dressing Station, Wanchai — Probationer Dresser, Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. KOWLOON HOSPITAL :— House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose. Absence from the Colony during 1928. Date of First Appointment"
This looks like the OCR read the page header and column headers, then the first section (Victoria Hospital) with five "Do." for Probationer Dresser (maybe five posts), then the next section (Kowloon Hospital) with the column headers repeated? But the column headers are only the last three? Actually "House or Quarters... Date of First Appointment" are the last three column headers. The first five columns headers are "OFFICE. Date NAME. of Authority. Appointmeul. Annual Salary,".
So the OCR might have read the table in two parts: first the left part of the table (first five columns) for Victoria Hospital, then the right part (last three columns) for Kowloon Hospital? That would be a column-major reading. But the text seems linear.
Given the complexity, perhaps the best is to output the proofread text as a cleaned-up version of the OCR, preserving paragraph breaks, and reconstruct the table as best as possible.
The user wants the proofread text in Markdown, with tables for tabular data. I think we should create a Markdown table for the staff list, using the inferred columns.
Since the OCR is messy, I'll produce a table with the 10 individuals, using the data I can extract, and note uncertainties.
But the instruction: "Preserve original content — do not add or remove substantive words. Do not rephrase, rewrite, or change the author's style, tone, or word choice. Only correct what is clearly wrong."
So I should not invent data. I should correct obvious OCR errors (like "1985 Aprit" -> "19th April, 1927"? but that's a guess). Better to keep the original text but fix clear typos: "Appointmeul" -> "Appointment", "Aprit" -> "April", "Mareli" -> "March", "Ust." -> "1st", "Clas" -> "Class", "diing-tson" -> "Ding-tson", "Imu Lai-onu" -> "Im Lai-on"? But "Imu Lai-onu" might be "Im Lai-on". "Na," -> "No.", "Allee" -> "Allowance", "extru" -> "extra", "Sin-" -> "Sundays", "Qimeters" -> "Quarters", "sach" -> "each", "BICO" -> "Boys"? "Amalo" -> "Amahs". "Amah" is a term for female servant.
Also fix file references: "No. 2078 of 1915" -> "No.2078/1915"? The rule: "do not add or leave spacing inside parentheses in file references. E.g., XCR (85)72 → XCR(85)72, GR 1178/1922/32 (III) → GR1178/1922/32(III)." But here it's "No. 2078 of 1915". That's not a file reference with parentheses. It's a reference number. Probably keep as is.
The rule about parentheses spacing applies to file references like "GR 1178/1922/32 (III)". Here we have "No. 45 in 4200 of 1927. (Confidential)." The "(Confidential)" has no spacing issue.
So I'll clean up the text, reconstruct paragraphs, and create a table for the tabular data.
However, the OCR text is not in paragraphs; it's a table. The instruction says: "Preserve paragraph breaks — the original text has meaningful paragraph breaks. Do NOT merge different paragraphs into one. If the OCR already separates paragraphs with blank lines, keep those separations. If the OCR has lost paragraph breaks, restore them based on content (topic changes, new speakers, etc.)."
The OCR provided has blank lines? The user pasted a block of text with line breaks. There are blank lines in the user message? The user message shows line breaks but not blank lines. The text is a continuous block with line breaks. I need to treat it as a single document.
I think the best is to output the proofread text as a cleaned-up version of the OCR, with corrected words, and present the tabular data as a Markdown table.
Let's attempt to reconstruct the table in Markdown.
I'll create a table with columns: Office, Date of Appointment, Name, Authority of Appointment, Annual Salary, House/Quarters/Allowances, Absence from Colony (1928), Date of First Appointment.
I'll fill rows for the 10 individuals.
For the group entries (Amahs, Ward-boys, Cooks, BICO), they might be part of the establishment list but not individual officers. The OCR includes them at the end. I could include them as separate rows with "Establishment" in Office column.
But the Date of First Appointment column only has 10 dates, so groups not included.
I'll include two tables: one for individual officers, one for establishment groups.
Let's start with individual officers.
I'll use the data as parsed, correcting obvious OCR errors.
Row 1: Chan Kom-fook
Office: Probationer Dresser (Victoria Hospital, Dressing Station, Wanchai)
Date of Appointment: 19th April, 1927 (from bottom date, and correcting "1985 Aprit")
Name: Chan Kom-fook
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915
Annual Salary: $480
House/Quarters/Allowances: $96 House Allowance
Absence from Colony during 1928: Nil (assuming "1927." is error)
Date of First Appointment: 19th April, 1927
Row 2: Ki Yau-wa
Office: Probationer Dresser
Date of Appointment: 1st June, 1927
Name: Ki Yau-wa
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915 (Do.)
Annual Salary: $480? But OCR says "-100". I'll keep as "$480" with note? But must not change substantive content. The OCR says "-100". Could be "$100" with a dash. I'll keep as "-100" but that seems wrong. Perhaps it's "$480" and the OCR misread. The rule: correct unambiguous OCR spelling errors. Is "-100" unambiguous error? Not sure. I'll keep as "$480" if I'm confident. But the first probationer is $480, third is $400, fourth $480, fifth $440, sixth $480. So second might be $480. The "-100" could be a misread of "$480"? The characters "$480" vs "-100" are different. Could be "$100" but unlikely. I'll keep as "$480" and note? But the instruction says only correct what is clearly wrong. I'll correct " -100 " to "$480" if I think it's a clear OCR error. However, the OCR shows "-100" with a minus sign. Could be a dash indicating "ditto" for salary? But "Do." is used for ditto. The salary column might have "Do." for ditto. But here it's "-100". Maybe the original had "Do." and OCR read as "-100"? Unlikely.
Let's look at the raw OCR: "Do. -100 Do." The "Do." before -100 is for Authority. Then "-100" for Salary. Then "Do." for Allowances. So Salary is "-100". Could be "$100" with a stray dash. I'll keep as "$100"? But the rule: do not rephrase. I'll keep as "-100" but that's not a valid salary. I'll assume it's "$480" and correct. But I'm not 100% sure.
Given the ambiguity, I'll keep the OCR text but fix obvious typos like "Aprit" to "April", "Mareli" to "March", "Ust." to "1st", "Clas" to "Class", "diing-tson" to "Ding-tson", "Imu Lai-onu" to "Im Lai-on", "Na," to "No.", "Allee" to "Allowance", "extru" to "extra", "Sin-" to "Sundays", "Qimeters" to "Quarters", "sach" to "each", "BICO" to "Boys", "Amalo" to "Amahs", "Appointmeul" to "Appointment".
For the table, I'll present the data as close to OCR but corrected.
Maybe better to output the proofread text as a cleaned-up version of the OCR lines, not a reconstructed table. But the instruction says to use Markdown table syntax for tabular data. So I must create a table.
I'll create a table with the columns as per headers, and fill each cell with the corrected text from OCR for that cell.
To do that, I need to simulate the table cells. Since the OCR is linear, I'll assign each piece to a cell based on column order.
Let's assume the table has 8 columns. The OCR after headers gives the first row's cells in order: Office, Date, Name, Authority, Salary, Allowances, Absence, First Appointment.
But the OCR shows "Chan Kom-fook." then "1985 Aprit," then "No. 2078 of 1915," then "$ 480" then "$96 House Allowance." then "1927." then next row starts with "Ki Yau-wa." So that matches 7 cells? Actually 7 cells before next name. The 8th cell (Date of First Appointment) might be missing in the row and given at bottom.
So each row has 7 cells in the main table, and the 8th column is appended at bottom.
Let's count cells for first row:
Then the Date column: for each, the date of appointment.
Then Name column.
Then Authority column.
Then Salary column.
Then Allowances column.
Then Absence column.
Then First Appointment column (at bottom).
The OCR after the five "Do." lines shows "KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—" then the last three column headers, then "Chan Kom-fook." So it seems the OCR read the Office column for Victoria Hospital, then jumped to Kowloon Hospital headers, then started the data rows for Kowloon Hospital? But the data rows include Chan Kom-fook again? This is confusing.
Perhaps the document has two separate tables: one for Victoria Hospital (left page) and one for Kowloon Hospital (right page). The OCR scanned both pages and merged them linearly.
The user provided a single OCR output. We need to proofread it as a single text.
Given the difficulty, I'll output the proofread text as a cleaned-up version of the OCR, with corrected words, and indicate table structure with Markdown tables for the two sections.
I'll separate into two sections: "VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN — DRESSING STATION, WANCHAI" and "KOWLOON HOSPITAL".
For Victoria Hospital, the staff are the six Probationer Dressers. I'll make a table for them.
For Kowloon Hospital, the staff are the clerks and others.
But the OCR data for Kowloon Hospital starts with Chan Kom-fook? That seems like a mistake. Actually, after "KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—" the OCR shows "House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose. Absence from the Colony during 1928. Date of First Appointment Chan Kom-fook." This suggests that the column headers for the last three columns are repeated, and then the data for Kowloon Hospital begins with Chan Kom-fook? But Chan Kom-fook is from Victoria Hospital. Maybe the list is combined for the whole Medical Department.
Let's read the very first line: "MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—Continued. B-HOSPITAL AND ASYLUMS,—Continued. VICTORIA Hospital for WOMEN AND CHILDREN,—Continued. Dressing Station, Wanchai — Probationer Dresser, Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—"
This is the stub column (Office) for the table. The table likely has a hierarchical stub: Medical Department -> B-Hospitals and Asylums -> Victoria Hospital -> Dressing Station, Wanchai -> Probationer Dresser (5 posts). Then Kowloon Hospital -> various posts.
The stub column entries are: "Probationer Dresser" (5 times), then "KOWLOON HOSPITAL" (section), then "Class IV Clerk", "Class V Clerk", "Class VI Clerk", "Amahs", "Ward-boys", "Cooks", "BICO".
The OCR captured the stub column first, then the other columns.
So the table rows correspond to each stub entry.
There are 5 Probationer Dresser posts, but we have 6 names? Actually 5 "Do." after "Probationer Dresser" makes 6 entries. But the stub shows "Probationer Dresser, Do. Do. Do. Do. Do." That's 6 entries (1 explicit + 5 Do.). So 6 posts.
Then "KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—" is a section header, not a post.
Then the stub continues with "Class IV Clerk", "Class V Clerk", "Class VI Clerk", "4 Amahs", "New Amah", "9 Ward-boys", "2 Cooks", "BICO".
The data columns (Date, Name, Authority, Salary, Allowances, Absence, First Appointment) are provided for each post.
The OCR after the stub column then gives the column headers for the remaining columns? Actually the OCR shows "House or Quarters, and Allowances for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose. Absence from the Colony during 1928. Date of First Appointment" after "KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—". That might be the headers for the last three columns, but they are repeated for the new page.
Then the data for each post follows in column order? But the OCR seems to give the data for all posts in a continuous stream.
Let's assume the data for each post is given in the order of the stub entries.
The stub entries in order:
But the Date of First Appointment list has 10 dates. So only the first 10 posts have that column? The groups (Amahs, Ward-boys, Cooks, BICO) might not have individual first appointment dates.
The data for each post includes: Date of Appointment, Name, Authority, Annual Salary, Allowances, Absence, First Appointment.
The OCR data stream after the headers:
"Chan Kom-fook. 1985 Aprit, No. 2078 of 1915, $ 480 $96 House Allowance. 1927. Ki Yau-wa. (1) 1st June, Do. -100 Do. 1927. Sung Ju-leung, (2) 1st July, 1927. Do. 400 Do. Cheung Yo-ming. (3) Chan Sui-wall. 6th March, 1928. 1st April, 1928, No. 2078 of 1915. 480 Do. Na, 3292 of 1928, 440 Do. Imu Lai-onu. 11th December, No. 3 in 3292 of 1928. 480 Do. 1928, i Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.) An diing-tson, Clas V Clerk, (do.) Au Ding-tsum. (4) Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926. No. 2624 of 1925. 1,200 Do. Do. Class VI Clerk, ( do. ) Wong Yan-lung. (5) 15th June, 1927. No. 2689 of 1926. 1,150 $180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extru work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 450 $60 Allee, for Extra Work on Sin- days and Statutory Holidays. Do. ( do.) Leung Nai-kuen. 1st December, 1928. No. 45 in 4200 of 1927. (Confidential). 4.50 Do. 4 Amalo, at $216 each. Establishment. 864 Quarters. ! New Amah, At $216. Do. 216 Qimeters. 9 Ward-boys, 2 Cooks, at $204 sach. Do. 1,836 | Quarters. $24 each Rent Allow- a BICO, 1 at $201 and 1 at $140. Do. 384 Do."
This stream seems to contain the data for each post in order, but with the stub column values interspersed? For example, "Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.)" appears in the stream, which is a stub entry. Similarly "Clas V Clerk, (do.) Au Ding-tsum." So the stub column is repeated in the data stream.
This suggests the OCR read the table row by row, and for each row, it reads the stub cell first, then the other cells.
So each row: Stub (Office), Date, Name, Authority, Salary, Allowances, Absence, First Appointment.
But the First Appointment column is at the bottom separately.
Let's parse row by row using the stub entries as row delimiters.
Row 1: Stub: "Probationer Dresser" (from earlier stub list). But in the data stream, the first name is "Chan Kom-fook." So maybe the stub for row1 is "Probationer Dresser" (not in stream). The data stream starts with the Date cell for row1? Actually the stream starts with "Chan Kom-fook." which is Name. So the Date cell might be "1985 Aprit,"? But Date should be before Name. The column order: Office, Date, Name, Authority, Salary, Allowances, Absence, First Appointment.
In the stream, after the stub column (which was read earlier), the next column is Date. But the stream starts with Name. So perhaps the Date column is empty for the first row? Or the OCR missed it.
Look at the stream: "Chan Kom-fook. 1985 Aprit, No. 2078 of 1915, $ 480 $96 House Allowance. 1927." If the columns are Date, Name, Authority, Salary, Allowances, Absence, then "Chan Kom-fook" is Name, "1985 Aprit" is Date, "No. 2078 of 1915" is Authority, "$480" Salary, "$96 House Allowance" Allowances, "1927" Absence. That matches 6 cells after Name. But the first column Office is missing from stream (it was in the stub list). So for each row, the stream provides: Name, Date, Authority, Salary, Allowances, Absence. Then the First Appointment is at bottom.
But the second row: "Ki Yau-wa. (1) 1st June, Do. -100 Do. 1927." Here "Ki Yau-wa" Name, "(1)" maybe a reference, "1st June," Date, "Do." Authority, "-100" Salary, "Do." Allowances, "1927" Absence.
Third: "Sung Ju-leung, (2) 1st July, 1927. Do. 400 Do." Name, (2), Date, Authority? "1927." might be part of Date? Actually "1st July, 1927." is Date. Then "Do." Authority, "400" Salary, "Do." Allowances. Absence missing? Then next row starts.
Fourth: "Cheung Yo-ming. (3) Chan Sui-wall. 6th March, 1928. 1st April, 1928, No. 2078 of 1915. 480 Do. Na, 3292 of 1928, 440 Do." This seems two rows combined. Because there are two names. So row4: Cheung Yo-ming, (3), Date: 6th March, 1928, Authority: No. 2078 of 1915, Salary: 480, Allowances: Do. Row5: Chan Sui-wall, Date: 1st April, 1928, Authority: No. 3292 of 1928, Salary: 440, Allowances: Do.
Row6: "Imu Lai-onu. 11th December, No. 3 in 3292 of 1928. 480 Do. 1928, i" Name, Date: 11th December, 1928, Authority: No. 3 in 3292 of 1928, Salary: 480, Allowances: Do., Absence: 1928? (maybe Nil)
Row7: "Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.) An diing-tson," Here the stub "Class IV Clerk" appears in stream. Then Name: "An diing-tson". Then? The stream continues: "Clas V Clerk, (do.) Au Ding-tsum. (4) Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926. No. 2624 of 1925. 1,200 Do. Do." This is two rows: Row7: Class IV Clerk, Name: An Ding-tson, Date: 1st January, 1928? But "Ust. January, 1928." appears after "(4)". Actually "(4)" might be a reference for the group. Then "Ust. January, 1928." Date for Class IV Clerk? "25th October, 1926." Date for Class V Clerk? Then "No. 2624 of 1925." Authority for both? "1,200" Salary for Class IV? "Do." Allowances for Class IV? "Do." for Class V? But there are two "Do."s.
Row8: Class V Clerk, Name: Au Ding-tsum, Date: 25th October, 1926, Authority: No. 2624 of 1925, Salary: 1,200 (Do.), Allowances: Do.
Row9: "Class VI Clerk, ( do. ) Wong Yan-lung. (5) 15th June, 1927. No. 2689 of 1926. 1,150 $180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extru work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 450 $60 Allee, for Extra Work on Sin- days and Statutory Holidays. Do. ( do.) Leung Nai-kuen. 1st December, 1928. No. 45 in 4200 of 1927. (Confidential). 4.50 Do."
This contains two rows: Row9: Class VI Clerk, Name: Wong Yan-lung, Date: 15th June, 1927, Authority: No. 2689 of 1926, Salary: 1,150, Allowances: $180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extra work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. Absence? Then "450 $60 Allee..." might be for next row? Row10: Leung Nai-kuen, Date: 1st December, 1928, Authority: No. 45 in 4200 of 1927 (Confidential), Salary: 450? But "4.50" appears. Allowances: $60 Allowance for Extra Work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. Then "Do." for something.
Then the establishment rows: "4 Amalo, at $216 each. Establishment. 864 Quarters. ! New Amah, At $216. Do. 216 Qimeters. 9 Ward-boys, 2 Cooks, at $204 sach. Do. 1,836 | Quarters. $24 each Rent Allow- a BICO, 1 at $201 and 1 at $140. Do. 384 Do."
These are group entries.
So we have 10 individual rows (6 probationers + 4 clerks) and 4 group rows.
The Date of First Appointment list at bottom has 10 dates, matching the 10 individual rows.
Thus we can construct a table for the 10 individuals.
Let's list the 10 individuals with their data as per stream:
Office: Probationer Dresser (Victoria Hospital, Dressing Station, Wanchai)
Date of Appointment: 19th April, 1927? (from "1985 Aprit" corrected)
Name: Chan Kom-fook
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915
Annual Salary: $480
Allowances: $96 House Allowance
Absence: Nil (1927 is error)
First Appointment: 19th April, 1927
Office: Probationer Dresser
Date: 1st June, 1927
Name: Ki Yau-wa
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915 (Do.)
Salary: $480? (OCR "-100" -> assume $480)
Allowances: $96 House Allowance (Do.)
Absence: Nil
First Appointment: 1st June, 1927
Office: Probationer Dresser
Date: 1st July, 1927
Name: Sung Ju-leung
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915 (Do.)
Salary: $400
Allowances: $96 House Allowance (Do.)
Absence: Nil
First Appointment: 1st July, 1927
Office: Probationer Dresser
Date: 6th March, 1928
Name: Cheung Yo-ming
Authority: No. 2078 of 1915
Salary: $480
OFFICE.
Date
NAME.
of
Authority.
Appointmeul.
Annual Salary,
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—Continued.
B-HOSPITAL AND ASYLUMS,—Continued.
VICTORIA Hospital for WOMEN AND CHILDREN,—Continued.
Dressing Station, Wanchai —
Probationer Dresser,
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
KOWLOON HOSPITAL :—
House or Quarters, and Allowances
for Rent, Entertainment, Personal, or for any other purpose.
Absence from the Colony during 1928.
Date of First Appointment
Chan Kom-fook.
1985 Aprit,
No. 2078 of 1915,
$ 480
$96 House Allowance.
1927.
Ki Yau-wa.
(1)
1st June,
Do.
-100
Do.
1927.
Sung Ju-leung,
(2)
1st July,
1927.
Do.
400
Do.
Cheung Yo-ming.
(3)
Chan Sui-wall.
6th March,
No. 2078 of 1915.
480
Do.
Na, 3292 of 1928,
440
Do.
Imu Lai-onu.
11th December, No. 3 in 3292 of 1928.
480
Do.
1928,
i
Class IV Clerk, (J. C. 8.)
An diing-tson,
Clas V Clerk,
(do.)
Au Ding-tsum.
(4)
Ust. January, 1928. 25th October, 1926.
No. 2624 of 1925.
1,200
Do.
Do.
Class VI Clerk, ( do. )
Wong Yan-lung.
(5)
15th June, 1927.
No. 2689 of 1926.
1,150 $180 Rent Allowance and $60 Allowance for extru work on Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 450 $60 Allee, for Extra Work on Sin-
days and Statutory Holidays.
Do.
( do.)
Leung Nai-kuen.
1st December, 1928.
No. 45 in 4200 of 1927. (Confidential).
4.50
Do.
4 Amalo,
at $216 each.
Establishment.
864
Quarters.
! New Amah,
At $216.
Do.
216
Qimeters,
9 Ward-boys,
2 Cooks,
at $204 sach.
Do.
1,836 | Quarters.
$24 each Rent Allow-
a
BICO,
1 at $201 and 1 at $140.
Do.
384
Do.
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19th April, 1927. 1st June,
1928.
212
(J 126 )
1st February, 1911.
1st February,
1911.
1st June,
1927.
1st December,
1928.
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