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of his death was the senior officer in the Hong Kong Civil Service, praying for a compassionate allowance.
2.
The late Mr Almada served the Government for forty years having begun in the Superintendency on 5-1-2 Feb 1881.
3.
From the enclosed copy of the minutes of the Members of the "Legislative Council on Mr Almada's Petition, Your Lordship will see that the Legislature would willingly vote the sum of $2,880, being one year's pay of her late husband, as an officer of the Hong Kong Government from the date of the establishment of the Colony. Some months before his death, he had prepared an application for pension when I told him I would deal with his case under clause 9 of the Hong Kong Pension Minute and venture to ask Her Majesty's Government to give him a retiring allowance to the full amount of his salary.
4.
I have made careful enquiries into the statement in Mrs Almada's petition, and have satisfied myself that she was left in great distress, with a family of ten children. Her eldest son was working as a supernumerary clerk for sixteen months.
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of his death was the senior officer in
the Honghong Civil Service, praying for a compassionate allowance.
2.
The late Mr Almada
served the Government for forty years
having begun
in the Superintendency
5-1-2 Feb 1881.
3.
From the enclosed copy of
the minutes of the Members of the
" Legislative Council on ott." " d'ethnada's Petition, Your Lordship will see that the Legislature would willingly vote
of #2,880, being one year's pay
the sum
officer
the
of her late husband,
of Trade, and continued as an | of the Honghong Government from { date of the establishment of the Colony Some months before his death, he
had prepared an application for pension when I told him I would deal with his case under clause 9 of the Hongkong Pension Minute and venture to ask Her Majesty's Government to give him a
retering allowance to the full amount of his salary.
as a
compassionate
allowance to Mr. Almada, if Your
Lordship will authorise me to propose
d
4.
vote to that effect.
enquiries
I have made careful
into the statement in Mrs
Almada's petition, and have satisfied
myself that she was
left
left in great
distress, with a family of ten Children..
Her eldest son was
working
as a
for sixteen months
supernumerary
clerk in
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