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consisted of wife 5 children
a governess
my
a
nurse and
under nurse a cook and
housemaid besides a man who attended occasionally
and
a gardener. The cost of this establishment amounted
to about £800 per annum
When I found it impracticable to
go home on leave either
last
or this
year my
wife resolved to join me
here in the early part of this year with two
year children. She therefore gave up the "Ferns" on the 21st March last
and
arranging for the children
at home to be boarded-
In
place of the house in England I hired
the "Villa Lucia" at Pokfulam in Hong Kong from 1st April
last - at a rent of $75 per
month up to 31 October last.
Early
in Spring my
wife and children return to England when I shall again have to take a house for them. When I resume
my
Gaol duties
next month I cannot
expect permission to live out of quarters and
according
to medical advice they cannot remain in the Gaol
quarters after the weather gets warm.
Therefore they will go home whether I am able to accompany them or not- when my wife first
came out to
Hong Kong her health, which had previously
been most robust gave way-
she
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consisted of wife 5 children
a governess
my
a
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under nurse a cook and
housemaid besides a man who attended occasionally
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gardener. The cost of this establishment amamtēd
tõ about £800 per annum
When I found it impracticable дово
to
go home on leave either
last
or this
year o
year my
wife resolved to join me
here in the early park of this ear with two
year children. She therefore gave up the "Ferns" on the 21st March last
term on
arr
ranging for the children
at home to be boarded-
In
place of the house England I hired
in
the Villa Lucia" at Pokfulam in stongsong from 1st April
lash
last - at a rent of $75 per
menser up to 31 October last.
Early
in Spring my
wife and children return to England when I shall again have to take a house for them. When I resume
my
Gaol duties
next month I cannot
expect permission to live out of quarters and al
according
to medical advice they cannot remain in the Gavl
quarters after the weather. gets warm.
enush
they on Therefore go home whether I am able to accompany them or now- when my wife first
came out to
Hongshing her health, which had previously
been most robush gave way-
she
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