CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890 — Page 202

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drainage and water distribution of the Colony and all other duties which he may be directed to perform by his Superior Officers for the time being.

The Salary to be paid to the person ingayed chall

be at the rate of Two thousand four hundred dollars ($ 2400/ per annum with a Chair allowance of $24 (of per month half salary to commence from date of leaving England, and full salary and the Chair allowance from the date of arrival in the Colony- The Government shall have power at any time to tammate this Agreement upon giving to the person engaged three months notice in writing or paying him a sum equal to three months Salary in bew of

Notice:

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A free first Class Passage shall be provided for the person engaged to Hong Hong and on the experation of his term of engagement, or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Government under the preceding. Clause the Government shall provide the person engaged with a free prst Class passage to England provided his conduct shall have been satisfactory during his source, and shall also pay to him half salary during the time occupied on the Voyage home and in the event of his being compelled at any time during the

period of "Three years to resign his appointment and return to England on account of illness not caused

9.

If the person engaged shall at any time neglect or refuse or from any cause (other than illness not

become caused by his own impropriety of conduct/ unable to perform or comply with all or any of the Articles of this Agreement or all or any of the duties required of him, or all or any of the Qrders or directions of the Government or its representatives or shall correspond verbally or.

or otherwise directly or indirectly in or about the affairs of the Government with any person not in the employment of the Government or shall pubhoh directly or indirectly any

for indirectly any document or information of any kind, whatever affecting the Government or shall in any manner misconduct himself it shall be competent for the Government to declare his employ- ment at an end and he shall be forthwith dismissed by the Government and all rights benefits and advankupes reserved to him by this Agreement shall. he shall be liable to be called upon to repay the amount paid for his passage to the Colony.

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cease and

The person engaged agrees to make no claim

the Government or on the Crown Agents for the Colonies in respect of the fluctuations in the valice of the poliar

The said Crown Agent for the Colonies shall not. be personally hable for anything conkurned in this Agreement

Witness

our hands the day and year first above written

by any impropriety of conduct on his part and producing Signed by ioned baums Blatin

(one of the Crown Agents for the Colonies) in the presence of

so Precent

Go) 6. E. Bluke

vouring Fr Signed by the paid Johur. Rowland; Crook in the presence of

a Certificate from the Colonial Surgeon to that effect he shall be provided with a free first Class passage to England but if he should resign his appointment from any other cause he shall refund to the Government or to the Crown Agents for the Colonice's the amount paid for his passage to the Colony. The rehirm passage must in all cases be clanned within two months of

or (Ragnahure ) the expiration or sooner determination of this Agreement

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