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Three month's notice on either side to be sufficient to terminate

the

engagement, after the completion

yours service.

of three years

*

First class passages to and from Hong Kong will be provided

Hony for you at Government cost, but the return passage will not be : allowed if you should leave the

Colony of your the

own accord before

expiration of three years from and after your embarkation_Salary to be allowed to you during your

voyage to England, if your pechanoge : provided by the Government . A residence will be assigned to you near the reservoir, the locality of

مند

which is stated to be

stited to be very healthing.

as

Your duties will be to assist

Overseer on the

the part of the

Government during the constivation of the Reservais, and will comprise

- general supervision of the water supply the Chinese turneooks and the pipes to and

you will bs expected to make yourself generally

useful under the orders of the Surveyor Generali

that you

I have to request that,

will place yourself in communiaction with Mr Rawlinson who will

with

instruct you to proceed to Swanson a view of making yourself r raquainted with the work of a