CO129-247 - Acting Governor Fleming Governor Des Voeus - 1890 [10-12] — Page 482

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480

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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480 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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480 consisted of wife 5 children a governess my a qurse ar under nurse a cook and housemaid besides a man who attended occasionally aa 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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480

consisted of wife 5 children

a governess

my

a

qurse ar

under nurse a cook and

housemaid besides a man who attended occasionally

aa

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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