The user wants me to proofread OCR output of a historical document about police pensions in Hong Kong. The text appears to be a table with columns: Name of Pensioner, Amount, Authority, Date from which the Pension has been paid, Amount of Emolument when last employed in Public Service, Present Age of Pensioner, Cause of Retirement.

The OCR is messy with broken lines, misaligned columns, and garbled text. I need to reconstruct the table properly in Markdown format.

Let me analyze the data row by row:

First, there's a header row: "POLICE PENSIONS." then column headers: "Name of Ponsioner." (typo: Pensioner), "Amount.", "Authority.", "Date from which the Pension has been paid.", "Amount of Emolument when lust employed in Public Service." (lust -> last), "Present Age of Pensioner.", "Cause of Retirement."

Then "Brought forward,... 147,329.63" - this is likely a carried forward total from previous page.

Then data rows. Let me parse each pensioner:

1. C. Nizam Deen, 62.00, 5th Feb., 1901, 186.00, 66, [Cause?] - The cause column seems to have "Expiration of Service" later but need to match.

Looking at the cause column data scattered: "Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate." appears multiple times.

The OCR has mixed up the columns. Let me try to reconstruct each row by aligning the data.

The text after "Brought forward,... 147,329.63" then "Amount of Emolument when lust employed in Public Service." is actually a column header repeated? Actually the headers are listed at top, then "Brought forward" then the column headers again? Let's see:

Original OCR lines:

(L 17 )

POLICE PENSIONS.

Name of Ponsioner.

Amount.

Authority.

Date from which the Pension has been paid.

Brought forward,... 147,329.63

Amount of Emolument

when lust employed in Public Service.

Present Age of Pensioner.

Cause of Retirement.

C.

Nizam Deen,

62.00

5th Feb., 1901.

186,00

66

Deen Mabomed,

46.47

Ordinance

1st Aug., 1901,

186.00

55

No. 14 of

Vasaka Singh,

67.97

1887, and

29th July, 1901.

216.00

63

Regulations

thereunder.

Ditton,

66.84

10th Aug., 1901,

216.00

57

Delail Khan,

65.10

7th Sept., 1901.

186.00

Afzul Khan, ........

97.12

Kishen Singh,..

62.00

1st Dec., 1901,

18th Nov., 1901.

270.00

186.00

Shalab Deen,

62.00

21st Jan., 1902.

186,00

Soomier Singh,

66.97

George Kemp,

727.10

Donald McLenuan,.

386.53

Easy Kunu,

87.19

Sunt Singh,

81.00

Ordinauce No. 33 of 1900.

1st Feb., 1902.

270.00

18th Feb.. 1902.

1,692 00

6th Aug., 1902,

1,320.00

15th Dec., 1902.

270.00

2,015.00

Enam Deen,

49.73

Su-Kwai,

51.00

Angus MacSwayed, ...

388.80

1st Sept., 1903.

8th Oct., 1903.!

23rl Jan., 1904. ·

186.00

180.00

864.00

385 5 2 2 2 2 3

13 3 2 8 = = =

Expiration of Service,

Medical Cer- riticare.

On Expiration of Terms of Service.

51

52

51

63

J

62

"

60

55

46

Melical Certificate.

On Expiration of

Term of Service.

Expiration of Service.

54

"

55

66

44

Medical Cer- tificate.

Expiration of Service,

Medical Certificate.

44

37

42

Injured on

Hurnam Singh,

42.78

1st Feb., 1904..

192.00

46

duty, Medical Certificate.

Baggat Singh,

55.80

28th March, 1904.

186.00

54

19

Hazer Khan,

49.60

16th May, 1904.

186.00

47

Peter McNab,.

565 73

Khan Singh,

46.50

Maliomed Bux,

59.96

Vadawa Singh,

97.63

Budah,.......

81.55

Ordinance No. 11 of 1900.

20th May, 1904.

1,512.90

56

Expiration of Service,

ist June, 1904.

186,00

48

Medical Cer-

tificate.

1st Sept., 1904.

192,00

49

Expiration of

Service.

Do.

270.00

57

"

Do.

270.00

52

Bhan Singh,

William Levi Ford,

99.20

Do.

186.00

41

Injured on

720.20

7th Jan., 1905.

1,662.00

58

duty. Expiration of

Service.

John Fyfe,

anak da

254.00

26th April, 1905.

762.00

56

#

Bootsb,

68.47

10th June, 1905.

246.00

71

Medical Certificate.

Carried forward,...$| 153,119.97

This is a mess. The OCR has read columns vertically? Actually it seems the OCR read the table row by row but the columns are interleaved. The "Authority" column seems to have "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" for some, "Ordinance No. 33 of 1900" for others, "Ordinance No. 11 of 1900" for others.

Also the "Cause of Retirement" column has entries like "Expiration of Service", "Medical Certificate", "Injured on duty, Medical Certificate", "On Expiration of Terms of Service", etc.

The numbers at the bottom "385 5 2 2 2 2 3 13 3 2 8 = = =" seem like OCR artifacts.

Also "anak da" and "#" and "Bootsb" are likely OCR errors.

Let me try to reconstruct each pensioner row by matching the data.

We have columns: Name, Amount (pension amount), Authority, Date, Emolument (last salary), Age, Cause.

From the text, I can see patterns:

• "C." might be a category? Or maybe "C." is part of name? Actually "C. Nizam Deen" - maybe "C." stands for "Constable"? Or it's a initial. But later names don't have initial. Could be "C." for "Class"? Not sure. Might be a typo for "No."? But "Nizam Deen" appears as a name.

Let's list all names that appear:

1. Nizam Deen
2. Deen Mabomed (likely Deen Mahomed)
3. Vasaka Singh
4. Ditton
5. Delail Khan
6. Afzul Khan
7. Kishen Singh
8. Shalab Deen
9. Soomier Singh
10. George Kemp
11. Donald McLenuan (likely McLennan)
12. Easy Kunu (maybe "Esa Kunu"?)
13. Sunt Singh
14. Enam Deen
15. Su-Kwai
16. Angus MacSwayed (maybe MacSwayne?)
17. Hurnam Singh
18. Baggat Singh
19. Hazer Khan
20. Peter McNab
21. Khan Singh
22. Maliomed Bux (likely Mahomed Bux)
23. Vadawa Singh
24. Budah
25. Bhan Singh
26. William Levi Ford
27. John Fyfe
28. Bootsb (maybe "Booth"?)

Also "anak da" appears after John Fyfe - maybe "Anak Da" is a name? Or OCR error for "Anak Da"? Could be another pensioner.

Now, each row should have 7 columns. Let's try to parse sequentially.

The OCR seems to have read the table in a column-major order? Actually the text after headers: "Brought forward,... 147,329.63" then "Amount of Emolument when lust employed in Public Service." "Present Age of Pensioner." "Cause of Retirement." "C." Then names and numbers.

Maybe the "C." is the first entry under "Name of Pensioner"? But then "Nizam Deen" follows. Could be "C. Nizam Deen" as full name.

Then "62.00" likely Amount (pension). Then "5th Feb., 1901." likely Date. Then "186,00" likely Emolument. Then "66" likely Age. Then cause? The cause column entries appear later in a block.

Similarly "Deen Mabomed, 46.47 Ordinance 1st Aug., 1901, 186.00 55 No. 14 of" - here "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" is the Authority. The OCR split "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" across lines.

Then "Vasaka Singh, 67.97 1887, and 29th July, 1901. 216.00 63 Regulations thereunder." So Authority for Vasaka Singh is same? Actually "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" applies to multiple.

Then "Ditton, 66.84 10th Aug., 1901, 216.00 57" - Authority maybe same? Or maybe "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887" continues.

Then "Delail Khan, 65.10 7th Sept., 1901. 186.00" - Age? Then "Afzul Khan, ........ 97.12" - Amount? Then "Kishen Singh,.. 62.00 1st Dec., 1901, 18th Nov., 1901. 270.00 186.00" - two dates? Maybe one is date of pension, other is something else? Actually "Date from which the Pension has been paid" is one column. But here two dates: "1st Dec., 1901" and "18th Nov., 1901". Could be one is date of retirement? But the column is "Date from which the Pension has been paid." So maybe one is for Kishen Singh, the other for Shalab Deen? Let's see: "Shalab Deen, 62.00 21st Jan., 1902. 186,00" So Kishen Singh might have date 18th Nov., 1901? And Shalab Deen 21st Jan., 1902.

But the OCR lines: "Kishen Singh,.. 62.00 1st Dec., 1901, 18th Nov., 1901. 270.00 186.00 Shalab Deen, 62.00 21st Jan., 1902. 186,00" So maybe Kishen Singh: Amount 62.00, Date 1st Dec., 1901? But then 18th Nov., 1901 is another date? Could be "Authority" column? No.

Let's step back. The table likely has these columns in order:

1. Name of Pensioner
2. Amount (of pension)
3. Authority (e.g., Ordinance No. ...)
4. Date from which the Pension has been paid
5. Amount of Emolument when last employed in Public Service
6. Present Age of Pensioner
7. Cause of Retirement

The OCR output seems to have the columns interleaved because the original table might have been split across pages or the OCR read vertically.

Better approach: The text includes a block of "Cause of Retirement" entries at the end: "Expiration of Service, Medical Cer- riticare. On Expiration of Terms of Service. 51 52 51 63 J 62 " 60 55 46 Melical Certificate. On Expiration of Term of Service. Expiration of Service. 54 " 55 66 44 Medical Cer- tificate. Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate. 44 37 42 Injured on Hurnam Singh, 42.78 1st Feb., 1904.. 192.00 46 duty, Medical Certificate. Baggat Singh, 55.80 28th March, 1904. 186.00 54 19 Hazer Khan, 49.60 16th May, 1904. 186.00 47 Peter McNab,. 565 73 Khan Singh, 46.50 Maliomed Bux, 59.96 Vadawa Singh, 97.63 Budah,....... 81.55 Ordinance No. 11 of 1900. 20th May, 1904. 1,512.90 56 Expiration of Service, ist June, 1904. 186,00 48 Medical Cer- tificate. 1st Sept., 1904. 192,00 49 Expiration of Service. Do. 270.00 57 " Do. 270.00 52 Bhan Singh, William Levi Ford, 99.20 Do. 186.00 41 Injured on 720.20 7th Jan., 1905. 1,662.00 58 duty. Expiration of Service. John Fyfe, anak da 254.00 26th April, 1905. 762.00 56 # Bootsb, 68.47 10th June, 1905. 246.00 71 Medical Certificate. Carried forward,...$| 153,119.97"

This block seems to mix cause of retirement with later pensioners' data.

Given the complexity, I think the best is to reconstruct the table as best as possible, aligning each pensioner with their data. Since the user wants proofreading, not perfect reconstruction, but we must output Markdown table.

I'll attempt to parse each pensioner row by row using the sequence of names and the numbers that follow.

Let's list the names in order as they appear in the text (including "C." as maybe a name prefix):

1. C. Nizam Deen
2. Deen Mabomed
3. Vasaka Singh
4. Ditton
5. Delail Khan
6. Afzul Khan
7. Kishen Singh
8. Shalab Deen
9. Soomier Singh
10. George Kemp
11. Donald McLenuan
12. Easy Kunu
13. Sunt Singh
14. Enam Deen
15. Su-Kwai
16. Angus MacSwayed
17. Hurnam Singh
18. Baggat Singh
19. Hazer Khan
20. Peter McNab
21. Khan Singh
22. Maliomed Bux
23. Vadawa Singh
24. Budah
25. Bhan Singh
26. William Levi Ford
27. John Fyfe
28. anak da (maybe "Anak Da")
29. Bootsb

But some of these might be not pensioners but part of other columns. For example, "Ordinance No. 33 of 1900" appears as authority for some. "Ordinance No. 11 of 1900" for others.

Also "Expiration of Service" etc are causes.

Let's try to match each pensioner with the data that appears near their name.

I'll go through the text sequentially and assign columns.

The text after headers:

"Brought forward,... 147,329.63" - this is a total brought forward, not a pensioner.

Then "Amount of Emolument when lust employed in Public Service. Present Age of Pensioner. Cause of Retirement. C." - these are column headers repeated? Actually they are the remaining column headers. So the table has 7 columns. The first three headers: Name, Amount, Authority, Date. Then the next three: Emolument, Age, Cause. The OCR captured them in two groups.

Then "C." - maybe the first entry under Name is "C."? But then "Nizam Deen" on next line. Could be "C. Nizam Deen" as one name.

Then "62.00" - likely Amount (pension).

Then "5th Feb., 1901." - Date.

Then "186,00" - Emolument.

Then "66" - Age.

Then cause? Not yet.

Next: "Deen Mabomed, 46.47 Ordinance 1st Aug., 1901, 186.00 55 No. 14 of"

• Name: Deen Mabomed
• Amount: 46.47
• Authority: "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" (but here "Ordinance 1st Aug., 1901" maybe the date? Actually "Ordinance" might be start of authority, but "1st Aug., 1901" is a date. So maybe Authority is "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" and Date is "1st Aug., 1901". The OCR split "No. 14 of" on next line.
• Emolument: 186.00
• Age: 55
• Cause: ?

Next: "Vasaka Singh, 67.97 1887, and 29th July, 1901. 216.00 63 Regulations thereunder."

• Name: Vasaka Singh
• Amount: 67.97
• Authority: "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" (continuation)
• Date: 29th July, 1901
• Emolument: 216.00
• Age: 63
• Cause: ?

Next: "Ditton, 66.84 10th Aug., 1901, 216.00 57"

• Name: Ditton
• Amount: 66.84
• Date: 10th Aug., 1901
• Emolument: 216.00
• Age: 57
• Authority? Maybe same ordinance.
• Cause: ?

Next: "Delail Khan, 65.10 7th Sept., 1901. 186.00"

• Name: Delail Khan
• Amount: 65.10
• Date: 7th Sept., 1901
• Emolument: 186.00
• Age? Not given yet.
• Authority? Maybe same.

Next: "Afzul Khan, ........ 97.12"

• Name: Afzul Khan
• Amount: 97.12
• Then maybe date? Not clear.

Next: "Kishen Singh,.. 62.00 1st Dec., 1901, 18th Nov., 1901. 270.00 186.00"

• Name: Kishen Singh
• Amount: 62.00
• Dates: two dates? Maybe "1st Dec., 1901" is date of pension, "18th Nov., 1901" is something else? Or maybe the second date is for next pensioner Shalab Deen.
• Emolument: 270.00? and 186.00? Two emoluments? Could be 270.00 for Kishen Singh, 186.00 for Shalab Deen.

Next: "Shalab Deen, 62.00 21st Jan., 1902. 186,00"

• Name: Shalab Deen
• Amount: 62.00
• Date: 21st Jan., 1902
• Emolument: 186.00
• Age? Not given.

Next: "Soomier Singh, 66.97"

• Name: Soomier Singh
• Amount: 66.97
• Then "George Kemp, 727.10" - next pensioner.

"George Kemp, 727.10"

• Name: George Kemp
• Amount: 727.10

"Donald McLenuan,. 386.53"

• Name: Donald McLenuan
• Amount: 386.53

"Easy Kunu, 87.19"

• Name: Easy Kunu
• Amount: 87.19

"Sunt Singh, 81.00"

• Name: Sunt Singh
• Amount: 81.00

"Ordinauce No. 33 of 1900." - Authority for some subsequent pensioners.

"1st Feb., 1902. 270.00" - Date and Emolument for someone? Maybe for Sunt Singh? Or for Enam Deen?

"18th Feb.. 1902. 1,692 00" - Date and Emolument for George Kemp? 1,692.00

"6th Aug., 1902, 1,320.00" - Date and Emolument for Donald McLenuan? 1,320.00

"15th Dec., 1902. 270.00" - Date and Emolument for Easy Kunu? 270.00

"2,015.00" - Emolument for someone? Maybe for Sunt Singh? Or for Enam Deen?

"Enam Deen, 49.73"

• Name: Enam Deen
• Amount: 49.73

"Su-Kwai, 51.00"

• Name: Su-Kwai
• Amount: 51.00

"Angus MacSwayed, ... 388.80"

• Name: Angus MacSwayed
• Amount: 388.80

"1st Sept., 1903. 8th Oct., 1903.! 23rl Jan., 1904. · 186.00 180.00 864.00" - Dates and Emoluments for these three? Possibly:

• Enam Deen: Date 1st Sept., 1903, Emolument 186.00
• Su-Kwai: Date 8th Oct., 1903, Emolument 180.00
• Angus MacSwayed: Date 23rd Jan., 1904, Emolument 864.00

Then "385 5 2 2 2 2 3 13 3 2 8 = = =" - garbage.

Then cause of retirement block starts: "Expiration of Service, Medical Cer- riticare. On Expiration of Terms of Service. 51 52 51 63 J 62 " 60 55 46 Melical Certificate. On Expiration of Term of Service. Expiration of Service. 54 " 55 66 44 Medical Cer- tificate. Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate. 44 37 42"

These are causes and ages? The numbers 51,52,51,63,62,60,55,46,54,55,66,44,44,37,42 are likely ages for the pensioners in order.

Then "Injured on Hurnam Singh, 42.78 1st Feb., 1904.. 192.00 46 duty, Medical Certificate." - This is a pensioner: Hurnam Singh, Amount 42.78, Date 1st Feb., 1904, Emolument 192.00, Age 46, Cause "Injured on duty, Medical Certificate."

"Baggat Singh, 55.80 28th March, 1904. 186.00 54 19" - Baggat Singh, Amount 55.80, Date 28th March, 1904, Emolument 186.00, Age 54, Cause? "19" maybe not cause.

"Hazer Khan, 49.60 16th May, 1904. 186.00 47" - Hazer Khan, Amount 49.60, Date 16th May, 1904, Emolument 186.00, Age 47.

"Peter McNab,. 565 73" - Peter McNab, Amount 565.73? Or 565 73? Probably 565.73.

"Khan Singh, 46.50" - Khan Singh, Amount 46.50.

"Maliomed Bux, 59.96" - Maliomed Bux, Amount 59.96.

"Vadawa Singh, 97.63" - Vadawa Singh, Amount 97.63.

"Budah,....... 81.55" - Budah, Amount 81.55.

"Ordinance No. 11 of 1900." - Authority for these.

"20th May, 1904. 1,512.90 56" - Date and Emolument for Peter McNab? 1,512.90, Age 56.

"Expiration of Service, ist June, 1904. 186,00 48" - Date 1st June, 1904, Emolument 186.00, Age 48 for Khan Singh? Cause "Expiration of Service".

"Medical Cer- tificate. 1st Sept., 1904. 192,00 49" - Date 1st Sept., 1904, Emolument 192.00, Age 49 for Maliomed Bux? Cause "Medical Certificate".

"Expiration of Service. Do. 270.00 57" - Date? "Do." means same as previous? Emolument 270.00, Age 57 for Vadawa Singh? Cause "Expiration of Service".

"Do. 270.00 52" - Emolument 270.00, Age 52 for Budah? Cause "Expiration of Service".

"Bhan Singh, William Levi Ford, 99.20 Do. 186.00 41" - Bhan Singh? Actually "Bhan Singh, William Levi Ford" might be two names? Or "Bhan Singh" and "William Levi Ford" separate. But "99.20" amount for one of them. "Do." for date? Emolument 186.00, Age 41.

"Injured on 720.20 7th Jan., 1905. 1,662.00 58 duty. Expiration of Service." - This seems for William Levi Ford: Amount 720.20, Date 7th Jan., 1905, Emolument 1,662.00, Age 58, Cause "Injured on duty. Expiration of Service."

"John Fyfe, anak da 254.00 26th April, 1905. 762.00 56" - John Fyfe, Amount 254.00, Date 26th April, 1905, Emolument 762.00, Age 56. "anak da" might be another name? Or OCR error for "Anak Da" as a separate pensioner? But then "254.00" might be for John Fyfe, and "anak da" might be a name with missing data. Could be "Anak Da" is a pensioner with amount 254.00? But then John Fyfe would have no amount. Let's see: "John Fyfe, anak da 254.00" - maybe "John Fyfe" and "Anak Da" are two pensioners, but the amount 254.00 belongs to Anak Da? Or John Fyfe's amount is 254.00. The OCR might have merged two lines.

"# Bootsb, 68.47 10th June, 1905. 246.00 71 Medical Certificate." - Bootsb (maybe Booth), Amount 68.47, Date 10th June, 1905, Emolument 246.00, Age 71, Cause "Medical Certificate."

"Carried forward,...$| 153,119.97" - total carried forward.

Now, we need to assign Authority for each. The authorities mentioned: "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" for early ones (Nizam Deen, Deen Mabomed, Vasaka Singh, Ditton, Delail Khan, Afzul Khan, Kishen Singh, Shalab Deen, Soomier Singh?). Then "Ordinance No. 33 of 1900" for George Kemp, Donald McLenuan, Easy Kunu, Sunt Singh, Enam Deen, Su-Kwai, Angus MacSwayed? Then "Ordinance No. 11 of 1900" for Hurnam Singh, Baggat Singh, Hazer Khan, Peter McNab, Khan Singh, Maliomed Bux, Vadawa Singh, Budah, Bhan Singh, William Levi Ford, John Fyfe, Bootsb.

But need to verify.

Also the "C." at start might be a category "Class C"? Or maybe it's "No."? The first column might have numbers? The OCR shows "(L 17 )" at top left, maybe page number.

Given the complexity, I'll construct a Markdown table with the columns: Name, Amount, Authority, Date, Emolument, Age, Cause.

I'll fill in as best as I can, using the data parsed. For missing data, I'll put "..." or leave blank? The instruction: "if a word or phrase is clearly missing due to OCR damage, insert ... in its place."

I'll try to make a complete table for all pensioners listed.

Let's list pensioners in order of appearance with inferred data:

1. Nizam Deen (maybe "C. Nizam Deen")

• Amount: 62.00
• Authority: Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder
• Date: 5th Feb., 1901
• Emolument: 186.00
• Age: 66
• Cause: Expiration of Service (from cause block first entry "Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate." but age 66 matches? The cause block ages: 51,52,51,63,62,60,55,46,54,55,66,44,44,37,42. The 11th age is 66? Actually list: 51,52,51,63,62,60,55,46,54,55,66,44,44,37,42. That's 15 ages. But we have many more pensioners. The cause block might correspond to the first 15 pensioners? Let's count pensioners before Hurnam Singh: up to Angus MacSwayed? That's 16 pensioners (Nizam Deen to Angus MacSwayed). The cause block has 15 ages. Might be for first 15.

But the cause block also includes text: "Expiration of Service, Medical Cer- riticare. On Expiration of Terms of Service." then ages. Then "Melical Certificate. On Expiration of Term of Service. Expiration of Service." then ages. Then "Medical Cer- tificate. Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate." then ages.

So the causes are mixed.

Given the difficulty, I'll assign causes based on the text near each pensioner in the later block. For early pensioners, the cause block is separate. I'll try to match by order.

Let's number the pensioners in the order they appear in the text (including the later ones). I'll create a list:

1. C. Nizam Deen
2. Deen Mabomed
3. Vasaka Singh
4. Ditton
5. Delail Khan
6. Afzul Khan
7. Kishen Singh
8. Shalab Deen
9. Soomier Singh
10. George Kemp
11. Donald McLenuan
12. Easy Kunu
13. Sunt Singh
14. Enam Deen
15. Su-Kwai
16. Angus MacSwayed
17. Hurnam Singh
18. Baggat Singh
19. Hazer Khan
20. Peter McNab
21. Khan Singh
22. Maliomed Bux
23. Vadawa Singh
24. Budah
25. Bhan Singh
26. William Levi Ford
27. John Fyfe
28. Anak Da (maybe)
29. Bootsb

But some might be duplicates or errors. "anak da" might be "Anak Da" a separate pensioner. "Bootsb" likely "Booth".

Now, for each, I'll extract data from the text.

I'll go through the text sequentially and assign columns.

I'll write a script in my mind to parse, but manually.

Let's start from the beginning after headers.

The text lines (I'll number lines for reference):

1. (L 17 )
2. POLICE PENSIONS.
3. Name of Ponsioner.
4. Amount.
5. Authority.
6. Date from which the Pension has been paid.
7. Brought forward,... 147,329.63
8. Amount of Emolument
9. when lust employed in Public Service.
10. Present Age of Pensioner.
11. Cause of Retirement.
12. C.
13. Nizam Deen,
14. 62.00
15. 5th Feb., 1901.
16. 186,00
17. 66
18. Deen Mabomed,
19. 46.47
20. Ordinance
21. 1st Aug., 1901,
22. 186.00
23. 55
24. No. 14 of
25. Vasaka Singh,
26. 67.97
27. 1887, and
28. 29th July, 1901.
29. 216.00
30. 63
31. Regulations
32. thereunder.
33. Ditton,
34. 66.84
35. 10th Aug., 1901,
36. 216.00
37. 57
38. Delail Khan,
39. 65.10
40. 7th Sept., 1901.
41. 186.00
42. Afzul Khan, ........
43. 97.12
44. Kishen Singh,..
45. 62.00
46. 1st Dec., 1901,
47. 18th Nov., 1901.
48. 270.00
49. 186.00
50. Shalab Deen,
51. 62.00
52. 21st Jan., 1902.
53. 186,00
54. Soomier Singh,
55. 66.97
56. George Kemp,
57. 727.10
58. Donald McLenuan,.
59. 386.53
60. Easy Kunu,
61. 87.19
62. Sunt Singh,
63. 81.00
64. Ordinauce No. 33 of 1900.
65. 1st Feb., 1902.
66. 270.00
67. 18th Feb.. 1902.
68. 1,692 00
69. 6th Aug., 1902,
70. 1,320.00
71. 15th Dec., 1902.
72. 270.00
73. 2,015.00
74. Enam Deen,
75. 49.73
76. Su-Kwai,
77. 51.00
78. Angus MacSwayed, ...
79. 388.80
80. 1st Sept., 1903.
81. 8th Oct., 1903.!
82. 23rl Jan., 1904. ·
83. 186.00
84. 180.00
85. 864.00
86. 385 5 2 2 2 2 3
87. 13 3 2 8 = = =
88. Expiration of Service,
89. Medical Cer- riticare.
90. On Expiration of Terms of Service.
91. 51
92. 52
93. 51
94. 63
95. J
96. 62
97. "
98. 60
99. 55
100. 46
101. Melical Certificate.
102. On Expiration of
103. Term of Service.
104. Expiration of Service.
105. 54
106. "
107. 55
108. 66
109. 44
110. Medical Cer- tificate.
111. Expiration of Service,
112. Medical Certificate.
113. 44
114. 37
115. 42
116. Injured on
117. Hurnam Singh,
118. 42.78
119. 1st Feb., 1904..
120. 192.00
121. 46
122. duty, Medical Certificate.
123. Baggat Singh,
124. 55.80
125. 28th March, 1904.
126. 186.00
127. 54
128. 19
129. Hazer Khan,
130. 49.60
131. 16th May, 1904.
132. 186.00
133. 47
134. Peter McNab,.
135. 565 73
136. Khan Singh,
137. 46.50
138. Maliomed Bux,
139. 59.96
140. Vadawa Singh,
141. 97.63
142. Budah,.......
143. 81.55
144. Ordinance No. 11 of 1900.
145. 20th May, 1904.
146. 1,512.90
147. 56
148. Expiration of Service,
149. ist June, 1904.
150. 186,00
151. 48
152. Medical Cer-
153. tificate.
154. 1st Sept., 1904.
155. 192,00
156. 49
157. Expiration of
158. Service.
159. Do.
160. 270.00
161. 57
162. "
163. Do.
164. 270.00
165. 52
166. Bhan Singh,
167. William Levi Ford,
168. 99.20
169. Do.
170. 186.00
171. 41
172. Injured on
173. 720.20
174. 7th Jan., 1905.
175. 1,662.00
176. 58
177. duty. Expiration of
178. Service.
179. John Fyfe,
180. anak da
181. 254.00
182. 26th April, 1905.
183. 762.00
184. 56
185. #
186. Bootsb,
187. 68.47
188. 10th June, 1905.
189. 246.00
190. 71
191. Medical Certificate.
192. Carried forward,...$| 153,119.97

Now, we need to map each pensioner to 7 fields.

The table columns:

1. Name
2. Amount (pension)
3. Authority
4. Date
5. Emolument
6. Age
7. Cause

The OCR seems to have read the table in a row-major order but the columns are not aligned because the table might have been split across pages or the OCR read vertically. However, the data for each pensioner appears in clusters.

Let's try to group by pensioner.

From line 12: "C." then line 13: "Nizam Deen," - likely name "C. Nizam Deen" or "Nizam Deen" with "C." as a prefix (maybe "Constable"). I'll treat name as "Nizam Deen" and note "C." maybe a rank.

Then line 14: 62.00 -> Amount

Line 15: 5th Feb., 1901. -> Date

Line 16: 186,00 -> Emolument

Line 17: 66 -> Age

Then cause? Not yet. The cause appears later in the cause block. The first cause block line 88: "Expiration of Service, Medical Cer- riticare." and line 90: "On Expiration of Terms of Service." Then ages: 51,52,51,63,62,60,55,46. But Nizam Deen's age is 66, not in that list. The next cause block lines 101-109: "Melical Certificate. On Expiration of Term of Service. Expiration of Service." ages: 54,55,66,44. Here age 66 appears (third age). That might correspond to Nizam Deen? But the order of pensioners: Nizam Deen (66), Deen Mabomed (55), Vasaka Singh (63), Ditton (57), Delail Khan (age?), Afzul Khan (age?), Kishen Singh (age?), Shalab Deen (age?), Soomier Singh (age?), George Kemp (age?), Donald McLenuan (age?), Easy Kunu (age?), Sunt Singh (age?), Enam Deen (age?), Su-Kwai (age?), Angus MacSwayed (age?). That's 16 pensioners. The cause block has ages: first set 8 ages (51,52,51,63,62,60,55,46), second set 4 ages (54,55,66,44), third set 3 ages (44,37,42). Total 15 ages. Not matching.

Maybe the cause block corresponds to the later pensioners (Hurnam Singh etc.)? But Hurnam Singh age 46 appears in first set? Actually first set includes 46. Hurnam Singh is 46. But Hurnam Singh appears later with cause "Injured on duty, Medical Certificate." which is different.

Given the confusion, I think the best is to reconstruct the table as it appears in the OCR, but in a clean Markdown table, using the data as they appear in sequence for each pensioner, and for missing fields, use "..." or infer from context.

The user expects a proofread text in Markdown. Since the original is a table, I should output a Markdown table.

I'll create a table with the columns as per headers.

I'll go through the list of pensioners in the order they appear in the text (by name) and fill the fields from the numbers that appear near them.

Let's define each pensioner record by scanning the lines.

I'll write a parsing algorithm manually:

Initialize list of pensioners.

We have a current pensioner object. When we see a name (line with comma at end, or known name), we start a new pensioner.

But the OCR lines are not clearly separated. However, we can use the fact that names are followed by numbers.

Let's list the names as they appear in lines:

Line 12: "C." - maybe not a name.

Line 13: "Nizam Deen," -> name

Line 18: "Deen Mabomed," -> name

Line 25: "Vasaka Singh," -> name

Line 33: "Ditton," -> name

Line 38: "Delail Khan," -> name

Line 42: "Afzul Khan, ........" -> name

Line 44: "Kishen Singh,.." -> name

Line 50: "Shalab Deen," -> name

Line 54: "Soomier Singh," -> name

Line 56: "George Kemp," -> name

Line 58: "Donald McLenuan,." -> name

Line 60: "Easy Kunu," -> name

Line 62: "Sunt Singh," -> name

Line 74: "Enam Deen," -> name

Line 76: "Su-Kwai," -> name

Line 78: "Angus MacSwayed, ..." -> name

Line 117: "Hurnam Singh," -> name

Line 123: "Baggat Singh," -> name

Line 129: "Hazer Khan," -> name

Line 134: "Peter McNab,." -> name

Line 136: "Khan Singh," -> name

Line 138: "Maliomed Bux," -> name

Line 140: "Vadawa Singh," -> name

Line 142: "Budah,......." -> name

Line 166: "Bhan Singh," -> name

Line 167: "William Levi Ford," -> name

Line 179: "John Fyfe," -> name

Line 180: "anak da" -> maybe name

Line 186: "Bootsb," -> name

That's 26 names (including "C." and "anak da").

Now, for each, we need to capture the subsequent numbers until the next name.

But the numbers are not consistently grouped. However, we can assume the order of fields: Amount, Authority, Date, Emolument, Age, Cause. But Authority might be text like "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" which spans multiple lines.

Given the complexity, perhaps the best is to present the data as a cleaned-up version of the OCR text, preserving the paragraph structure? But the instruction says: "If data is clearly in table format, reconstruct the table using Markdown table syntax." So we must make a table.

I'll attempt to create a table with the columns and fill each row with the data I can extract, leaving missing as "...".

I'll use the following approach: For each pensioner, I'll take the name, then the next numeric value as Amount, then the next text as Authority (if it looks like Ordinance), then the next date as Date, then the next numeric as Emolument, then the next integer as Age, then the next text as Cause.

But the OCR interleaves these across pensioners. However, the text seems to list all Amounts first? Let's check: After "C. Nizam Deen," we have 62.00 (Amount), then 5th Feb., 1901 (Date), then 186,00 (Emolument), then 66 (Age). Then "Deen Mabomed," 46.47 (Amount), then "Ordinance" (Authority start), then "1st Aug., 1901," (Date), then 186.00 (Emolument), then 55 (Age), then "No. 14 of" (Authority continuation). Then "Vasaka Singh," 67.97 (Amount), then "1887, and" (Authority cont.), then "29th July, 1901." (Date), then 216.00 (Emolument), then 63 (Age), then "Regulations thereunder." (Authority cont.). So for each pensioner, the Authority is split across multiple pensioners? Actually the Authority "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder" seems to be the same for the first several pensioners. The OCR has broken the authority text across the rows.

Similarly, later "Ordinance No. 33 of 1900" appears once, then dates and emoluments for several pensioners.

And "Ordinance No. 11 of 1900" appears once for the later group.

So the Authority column is not per row but a header for a group. In the original table, there might be a column "Authority" that repeats the same ordinance for many rows, or maybe it's a grouped table with the ordinance as a section header.

Given that, I'll treat Authority as a column that may have the same value for a group.

For the purpose of the table, I'll assign the appropriate ordinance to each pensioner based on the group they appear in.

Group 1: From Nizam Deen to Soomier Singh (maybe up to Soomier Singh) under "Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder".

Group 2: From George Kemp to Angus MacSwayed under "Ordinance No. 33 of 1900".

Group 3: From Hurnam Singh to Bootsb under "Ordinance No. 11 of 1900".

But need to check: Peter McNab, Khan Singh, etc. are under Ordinance No. 11 of 1900? The text shows "Ordinance No. 11 of 1900." at line 144, after Budah. Then dates and emoluments for Peter McNab? Actually line 145: "20th May, 1904. 1,512.90 56" - that might be for Peter McNab (since Peter McNab amount 565.73, date?).

Let's assign.

I'll create the table rows.

First, define the columns: Name | Amount | Authority | Date | Emolument | Age | Cause

Now, row by row:

1. Name: Nizam Deen (or C. Nizam Deen)

Amount: 62.00

Authority: Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder

Date: 5th Feb., 1901

Emolument: 186.00

Age: 66

Cause: ? From cause block, maybe "Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate" or "On Expiration of Terms of Service". The first cause block says "Expiration of Service, Medical Cer- riticare. On Expiration of Terms of Service." Then ages 51,52,51,63,62,60,55,46. None is 66. The second cause block: "Melical Certificate. On Expiration of Term of Service. Expiration of Service." ages 54,55,66,44. Age 66 appears third. That might correspond to the third pensioner in that group? But Nizam Deen is first. However, the cause block might be for a different set. Given the uncertainty, I'll put the cause as "Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate" (from the first cause text) but note it's ambiguous. However, 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 guess. If the cause is not clearly associated, I'll put "..." for cause for early pensioners, and for later ones where cause is explicitly given (like Hurnam Singh), I'll use that.

But the cause column is part of the table. In the OCR, the cause column data appears in a block at the end. That block likely corresponds to the pensioners in order. The ages in that block might be the ages of the pensioners, and the cause texts are the causes. Let's try to match the cause block to the pensioners in order.

The cause block starts at line 88. The text:

"Expiration of Service, Medical Cer- riticare. On Expiration of Terms of Service. 51 52 51 63 J 62 " 60 55 46 Melical Certificate. On Expiration of Term of Service. Expiration of Service. 54 " 55 66 44 Medical Cer- tificate. Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate. 44 37 42"

This seems to be a list of causes and ages. The "J" and quotes are OCR errors. The ages: 51,52,51,63,62,60,55,46,54,55,66,44,44,37,42.

Now, the pensioners up to Angus MacSwayed (16 pensioners) have ages:

1. Nizam Deen: 66
2. Deen Mabomed: 55
3. Vasaka Singh: 63
4. Ditton: 57
5. Delail Khan: ? (not given)
6. Afzul Khan: ? (not given)
7. Kishen Singh: ? (not given)
8. Shalab Deen: ? (not given)
9. Soomier Singh: ? (not given)
10. George Kemp: ? (not given)
11. Donald McLenuan: ? (not given)
12. Easy Kunu: ? (not given)
13. Sunt Singh: ? (not given)
14. Enam Deen: ? (not given)
15. Su-Kwai: ? (not given)
16. Angus MacSwayed: ? (not given)

Only first four have ages in the early data. The cause block has 15 ages. Maybe the cause block corresponds to the first 15 pensioners, but many ages missing in the early data. However, the later pensioners (Hurnam Singh etc.) have ages given in their data: Hurnam Singh 46, Baggat Singh 54, Hazer Khan 47, Peter McNab 56? (line 147: 56), Khan Singh 48? (line 151: 48), Maliomed Bux 49? (line 156: 49), Vadawa Singh 57? (line 161: 57), Budah 52? (line 165: 52), Bhan Singh 41? (line 171: 41), William Levi Ford 58? (line 176: 58), John Fyfe 56? (line 184: 56), Bootsb 71? (line 190: 71). That's 11 pensioners with ages: 46,54,47,56,48,49,57,52,41,58,56,71. The cause block ages don't match these.

Thus the cause block likely belongs to the first group. But we have only 4 ages for first group. The cause block has 15 ages. Maybe the first group has 15 pensioners? Let's count names from Nizam Deen to Angus MacSwayed: that's 16 names. But maybe "C." is not a pensioner, and "anak da" is not in first group. 15 pensioners? Let's count: 1.Nizam Deen, 2.Deen Mabomed, 3.Vasaka Singh, 4.Ditton, 5.Delail Khan, 6.Afzul Khan, 7.Kishen Singh, 8.Shalab Deen, 9.Soomier Singh, 10.George Kemp, 11.Donald McLenuan, 12.Easy Kunu, 13.Sunt Singh, 14.Enam Deen, 15.Su-Kwai, 16.Angus MacSwayed. That's 16. If we exclude "C." and maybe "Afzul Khan" is not a pensioner? But he is listed.

The cause block has 15 ages. Could be for the first 15 pensioners (up to Su-Kwai). Then Angus MacSwayed is 16th.

But we don't have ages for most of them. The cause block might be the only source for ages for those pensioners. The early data only gave ages for first four. The rest ages might be in the cause block. The cause block ages: 51,52,51,63,62,60,55,46,54,55,66,44,44,37,42. That's 15 ages. If we assign in order to pensioners 1-15:

1. Nizam Deen: 51? but we have 66 from line 17. Conflict.
2. Deen Mabomed: 52? but line 23 says 55.
3. Vasaka Singh: 51? but line 30 says 63.
4. Ditton: 63? but line 37 says 57.
5. Delail Khan: 62? (no age given)
6. Afzul Khan: 60? (no age)
7. Kishen Singh: 55? (no age)
8. Shalab Deen: 46? (no age)
9. Soomier Singh: 54? (no age)
10. George Kemp: 55? (no age)
11. Donald McLenuan: 66? (no age)
12. Easy Kunu: 44? (no age)
13. Sunt Singh: 44? (no age)
14. Enam Deen: 37? (no age)
15. Su-Kwai: 42? (no age)

But the known ages for first four are 66,55,63,57. The cause block ages for first four are 51,52,51,63. Only Vasaka Singh matches 63. So not consistent.

Thus the cause block is not for these pensioners. Maybe the cause block is for the later pensioners (Hurnam Singh etc.) but the ages don't match either.

Let's look at the cause block text: It includes "Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate." "On Expiration of Terms of Service." "Medical Certificate." "On Expiration of Term of Service." "Expiration of Service." "Medical Certificate." "Expiration of Service, Medical Certificate." These are causes. The ages are listed after each cause? The formatting is messy.

Given the time, I think the best is to produce a Markdown table that reflects the data as it appears in the OCR, with each row containing the information that can be directly associated with each name in the sequence, and for missing fields, use "...". I'll also include the "Brought forward" and "Carried forward" as separate rows or notes.

The user said: "Return the proofread text in standard Markdown". The original text is a table. So I'll output a Markdown table.

I'll create a table with the columns as per the headers.

I'll parse the data into rows by using the following logic: The text after the headers lists the pensioners in order. For each pensioner, the data appears in the order: Name, Amount, Authority (maybe shared), Date, Emolument, Age, Cause. But the Authority is given once for a group. The Date and Emolument for later groups are listed in batches.

I'll manually construct the table based on the groups.

Group 1: Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder.

Pensioners: Nizam Deen, Deen Mabomed, Vasaka Singh, Ditton, Delail Khan, Afzul Khan, Kishen Singh, Shalab Deen, Soomier Singh.

For each, we have:

• Nizam Deen: Amount 62.00, Date 5th Feb., 1901, Emolument 186.00, Age 66.
• Deen Mabomed: Amount 46.47, Date 1st Aug., 1901, Emolument 186.00, Age 55.
• Vasaka Singh: Amount 67.97, Date 29th July, 1901, Emolument 216.00, Age 63.
• Ditton: Amount 66.84, Date 10th Aug., 1901, Emolument 216.00, Age 57.
• Delail Khan: Amount 65.10, Date 7th Sept., 1901, Emolument 186.00, Age ? (not given)
• Afzul Khan: Amount 97.12, Date ? (not given), Emolument ? (not given), Age ?
• Kishen Singh: Amount 62.00, Date 1st Dec., 1901? (or 18th Nov., 1901), Emolument 270.00? (or 186.00), Age ?
• Shalab Deen: Amount 62.00, Date 21st Jan., 1902, Emolument 186.00, Age ?
• Soomier Singh: Amount 66.97, Date ? (not given), Emolument ? (not given), Age ?

Group 2: Ordinance No. 33 of 1900.

Pensioners: George Kemp, Donald McLenuan, Easy Kunu, Sunt Singh, Enam Deen, Su-Kwai, Angus MacSwayed.

Data:

• George Kemp: Amount 727.10, Date 18th Feb., 1902? (line 67), Emolument 1,692.00? (line 68), Age ?
• Donald McLenuan: Amount 386.53, Date 6th Aug., 1902? (line 69), Emolument 1,320.00? (line 70), Age ?
• Easy Kunu: Amount 87.19, Date 15th Dec., 1902? (line 71), Emolument 270.00? (line 72), Age ?
• Sunt Singh: Amount 81.00, Date ? (maybe 1st Feb., 1902? line 65), Emolument 2,015.00? (line 73), Age ?
• Enam Deen: Amount 49.73, Date 1st Sept., 1903? (line 80), Emolument 186.00? (line 83), Age ?
• Su-Kwai: Amount 51.00, Date 8th Oct., 1903? (line 81), Emolument 180.00? (line 84), Age ?
• Angus MacSwayed: Amount 388.80, Date 23rd Jan., 1904? (line 82), Emolument 864.00? (line 85), Age ?

Group 3: Ordinance No. 11 of 1900.

Pensioners: Hurnam Singh, Baggat Singh, Hazer Khan, Peter McNab, Khan Singh, Maliomed Bux, Vadawa Singh, Budah, Bhan Singh, William Levi Ford, John Fyfe, Anak Da, Bootsb.

Data:

• Hurnam Singh: Amount 42.78, Date 1st Feb., 1904, Emolument 192.00, Age 46, Cause "Injured on duty, Medical Certificate."
• Baggat Singh: Amount 55.80, Date 28th March, 1904, Emolument 186.00, Age 54, Cause ? (maybe "Expiration of Service" from line 148? But line 148 is "Expiration of Service," for next)
• Hazer Khan: Amount 49.60, Date 16th May, 1904, Emolument 186.00, Age 47, Cause ?
• Peter McNab: Amount 565.73, Date 20th May, 1904? (line 145), Emolument 1,512.90, Age 56, Cause "Expiration of Service" (line 148)
• Khan Singh: Amount 46.50, Date 1st June, 1904? (line 149), Emolument 186.00, Age 48, Cause "Medical Certificate" (line 152)
• Maliomed Bux: Amount 59.96, Date 1st Sept., 1904? (line 154), Emolument 192.00, Age 49, Cause "Expiration of Service" (line 157)
• Vadawa Singh: Amount 97.63, Date ? (maybe same as above? "Do."), Emolument 270.00, Age 57, Cause "Expiration of Service" (line 159)
• Budah: Amount 81.55, Date ? (Do.), Emolument 270.00, Age 52, Cause "Expiration of Service" (line 163)
• Bhan Singh: Amount 99.20? (line 168), Date ? (Do.), Emolument 186.00, Age 41, Cause ? (maybe "Injured on duty" for William Levi Ford)
• William Levi Ford: Amount 720.20, Date 7th Jan., 1905, Emolument 1,662.00, Age 58, Cause "Injured on duty. Expiration of Service."
• John Fyfe: Amount 254.00, Date 26th April, 1905, Emolument 762.00, Age 56, Cause ?
• Anak Da: Amount ? (maybe 254.00 is for Anak Da? But John Fyfe has 254.00). The line "John Fyfe, anak da 254.00" suggests two names. Could be "John Fyfe" and "Anak Da" with amount 254.00 for Anak Da? But then John Fyfe's amount missing. I'll treat "Anak Da" as separate with amount 254.00, date 26th April, 1905, emolument 762.00, age 56? But that duplicates. Maybe "anak da" is a typo for "Anak Da" and the amount 254.00 belongs to John Fyfe. I'll combine as "John Fyfe (Anak Da)"? But better to keep as two rows: John Fyfe with amount 254.00, and Anak Da with missing data. However, the OCR might have merged two lines. I'll put John Fyfe with the data, and Anak Da as a separate row with "..." for missing.
• Bootsb: Amount 68.47, Date 10th June, 1905, Emolument 246.00, Age 71, Cause "Medical Certificate."

Now, also there is "Brought forward,... 147,329.63" at start and "Carried forward,...$| 153,119.97" at end. These are totals, not pensioners. I'll include them as separate rows or as a note.

The instruction: "Page numbering — if the original scan has page number markers (e.g., "Page 363" appearing at top and bottom), keep them as metadata in the proofread text." There's "(L 17 )" at top, maybe page number. I'll include that as a header.

Also "File references — do not add or leave spacing inside parentheses in file references." Not applicable.

Now, I'll write the Markdown.

First, a header for the page: "# Police Pensions (L 17)"

Then the table.

I'll include all pensioners in order.

For missing data, I'll use "..." as per rule 7.

I'll also correct obvious OCR errors: "Ponsioner" -> "Pensioner", "lust" -> "last", "Ordinauce" -> "Ordinance", "Melical" -> "Medical", "Cer- riticare" -> "Certificate", "ist" -> "1st", "23rl" -> "23rd", "anak da" -> "Anak Da", "Bootsb" -> "Booth", "McLenuan" -> "McLennan", "Maliomed" -> "Mahomed", "Vadawa" -> "Vadawa"? Keep as is? The rule: "Correct unambiguous OCR spelling errors". So I'll correct clear typos: "Ponsioner" to "Pensioner", "lust" to "last", "Ordinauce" to "Ordinance", "Melical" to "Medical", "Cer- riticare" to "Certificate", "ist" to "1st", "23rl" to "23rd", "anak da" to "Anak Da", "Bootsb" to "Booth", "McLenuan" to "McLennan", "Maliomed" to "Mahomed", "Deen Mabomed" to "Deen Mahomed", "Shalab Deen" to "Shalab Deen"? Keep. "Soomier Singh" maybe "Sumier Singh"? Not sure. "Easy Kunu" maybe "Esa Kunu"? I'll keep as OCR but correct obvious.

Also "Delail Khan" maybe "Delail Khan" is fine. "Afzul Khan" fine. "Kishen Singh" fine. "Ditton" fine. "George Kemp" fine. "Donald McLennan" corrected. "Sunt Singh" fine. "Enam Deen" fine. "Su-Kwai" fine. "Angus MacSwayed" maybe "MacSwayne"? I'll keep. "Hurnam Singh" fine. "Baggat Singh" fine. "Hazer Khan" fine. "Peter McNab" fine. "Khan Singh" fine. "Mahomed Bux" corrected. "Vadawa Singh" fine. "Budah" fine. "Bhan Singh" fine. "William Levi Ford" fine. "John Fyfe" fine. "Anak Da" corrected. "Booth" corrected.

Also numbers: "186,00" -> "186.00", "1,692 00" -> "1,692.00", "186,00" -> "186.00", "192,00" -> "192.00", "565 73" -> "565.73", "720.20" fine, "1,662.00" fine, "762.00" fine, "246.00" fine.

Now, construct the table.

I'll write the Markdown table with headers.

Note: The original table has 7 columns. I'll use those.

Let's create the rows.

I'll list each pensioner with the data I have.

Row 1: Nizam Deen | 62.00 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | 5th Feb., 1901 | 186.00 | 66 | ...

Row 2: Deen Mahomed | 46.47 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | 1st Aug., 1901 | 186.00 | 55 | ...

Row 3: Vasaka Singh | 67.97 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | 29th July, 1901 | 216.00 | 63 | ...

Row 4: Ditton | 66.84 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | 10th Aug., 1901 | 216.00 | 57 | ...

Row 5: Delail Khan | 65.10 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | 7th Sept., 1901 | 186.00 | ... | ...

Row 6: Afzul Khan | 97.12 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | ... | ... | ... | ...

Row 7: Kishen Singh | 62.00 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | 1st Dec., 1901 | 270.00 | ... | ...

Row 8: Shalab Deen | 62.00 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | 21st Jan., 1902 | 186.00 | ... | ...

Row 9: Soomier Singh | 66.97 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | ... | ... | ... | ...

Row 10: George Kemp | 727.10 | Ordinance No. 33 of 1900 | 18th Feb., 1902 | 1,692.00 | ... | ...

Row 11: Donald McLennan | 386.53 | Ordinance No. 33 of 1900 | 6th Aug., 1902 | 1,320.00 | ... | ...

Row 12: Easy Kunu | 87.19 | Ordinance No. 33 of 1900 | 15th Dec., 1902 | 270.00 | ... | ...

Row 13: Sunt Singh | 81.00 | Ordinance No. 33 of 1900 | 1st Feb., 1902 | 2,015.00 | ... | ...

Row 14: Enam Deen | 49.73 | Ordinance No. 33 of 1900 | 1st Sept., 1903 | 186.00 | ... | ...

Row 15: Su-Kwai | 51.00 | Ordinance No. 33 of 1900 | 8th Oct., 1903 | 180.00 | ... | ...

Row 16: Angus MacSwayed | 388.80 | Ordinance No. 33 of 1900 | 23rd Jan., 1904 | 864.00 | ... | ...

Row 17: Hurnam Singh | 42.78 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 1st Feb., 1904 | 192.00 | 46 | Injured on duty, Medical Certificate.

Row 18: Baggat Singh | 55.80 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 28th March, 1904 | 186.00 | 54 | ...

Row 19: Hazer Khan | 49.60 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 16th May, 1904 | 186.00 | 47 | ...

Row 20: Peter McNab | 565.73 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 20th May, 1904 | 1,512.90 | 56 | Expiration of Service

Row 21: Khan Singh | 46.50 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 1st June, 1904 | 186.00 | 48 | Medical Certificate

Row 22: Mahomed Bux | 59.96 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 1st Sept., 1904 | 192.00 | 49 | Expiration of Service

Row 23: Vadawa Singh | 97.63 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | ... | 270.00 | 57 | Expiration of Service

Row 24: Budah | 81.55 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | ... | 270.00 | 52 | Expiration of Service

Row 25: Bhan Singh | 99.20 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | ... | 186.00 | 41 | ...

Row 26: William Levi Ford | 720.20 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 7th Jan., 1905 | 1,662.00 | 58 | Injured on duty. Expiration of Service.

Row 27: John Fyfe | 254.00 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 26th April, 1905 | 762.00 | 56 | ...

Row 28: Anak Da | ... | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | ... | ... | ... | ...

Row 29: Booth | 68.47 | Ordinance No. 11 of 1900 | 10th June, 1905 | 246.00 | 71 | Medical Certificate.

Also include the brought forward and carried forward as separate rows? They are not pensioners. Could add a row at top and bottom with "Brought forward" and "Carried forward" in Name column, and amounts in Amount column. But the table columns are specific. I'll add them as separate lines outside the table, or as a note.

The instruction: "Page numbering — if the original scan has page number markers (e.g., "Page 363" appearing at top and bottom), keep them as metadata in the proofread text." So I'll include "(L 17)" as a header.

I'll output:

Police Pensions (L 17)

Brought forward: $147,329.63

| Delail Khan | 65.10 | Ordinance No. 14 of 1887, and Regulations thereunder | 7th Sept., 1901 | 186.