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terminate this Agreement upon giving to the person engaged three months notice in writing or paying him

equal to three months salary in lieve of such riched A free first class passage shall be provided for the person engaged to Hong Kong and on the expiration 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 first class passage to England provided his conduct shall have been satisfactory during his service and shall also pay to him half salary during the time occupied

home and the event of the person engaged 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 by any impropriety of conduct on his part and producing Certificate from the Colonial Surgem to that effect he shal be provided with a free first class passage to England, bu if he should resign his appointment from any he shall refund to the Government or to the Crown Agents for the Colonies the amount paid for his passage to the Colony . The return passages must in all cases be

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clanned within two months of the expiratioir or sooner determination of this Agreement.

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

impropriety of conduct) become unable to perform or comply with all

any of the Articles of this Agreement, or all or any of the duties required of him or all or any of the orders or directions of the Government or its representatives or shall en any manne misconduct himself or shall correspond verbally or otherwi directy or indirectly in or about the affairs of the Public Works Department with any person not in the employmen of the Government and otherwise unconnected with

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working of the Bublic Works Department as recognized by the Government or shall publish directly or indirectly any document or information of any kind whatever affecting the Bublic Works Department it shall be lawful for the Government to declare the employment of the perom engaged under this Agreement to be at an end and thereupon his engagement shall cease and this Agreement shall not have any further prospective operation or force and all rights and benefits reserved to him shall cease but without prejudice to the enforcement of existing claims.

The person engaged agrees to make no claim upon the Government or on the Crower Agents for the Colonies in respect of the fluctuations in the value of the dollar.

The said Crown Agents for the Colonies shall not be personally liable for anything contained in this Agreement.

Witness our hands the day and

above written.

year first

Signed by Montagne Freddick (One of the Crown agent to the Wt. Demmm..

for Colonies) in the presence of

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London

Signed by the said Herbert Wwkur Wills in the presence of

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Signature Zen Brydon Address 5 Cambridge Place NW! Occupation Archieted_