CO129-257 - Public Offices & Others - 1892 — Page 50

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Full salary will commence from the date leaving Ringland 25th of April 1892 4 A free passage second class with Railway fare to Port of Embarkation shall be provided for the poor. engaged and his wife to Hong Kong and on the expiration of his term of engagement the Government shall provide him and his wife with a free passage second class to England with Railway fare to destination provided his conduct shall have been satisfactory during his service and shall also pay to him half salary during the time occupied on the

voyage home and thereafter until he can be reabsorbed into the Trinity House service provided such half pay leave does not exceed three months in all, 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 by any impropriety of conduct on his part and producing a Certificat from the Colonial Surgeon to that effect he and his wife shall be provided with a free passage second class to England with Railway Fare, to destination but if he should resign his appointment from any other cause he shall refund to the Government or to the Crown Agents for the felonies the paid for then passages theimply amount passages must in all cases be claimed within Holony. The return! two months of the expiration or sooner determinatin of this Agreement :

5.

6.

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time to terminate this Agreement upon giving.

The Government shall have power at any to the person engaged three months notice in writing and providing him and his wife. with a free passage home. -

If the person engaged shall at

any

time

neglect or refuse or from any cause (other than illness not caused by his aon impropriety of conduct) become unable to perform or comply with all or any of the Articles of this Agreement or all or any of the dutus required of him or all or any of the Orders

directions of the Government or its representatives or shatt

or

in

or

or

correspond verbatly or otherwise directly

indirectly in or about the affairs of the Government with

any person not in the employment of the Government or shall publish directly indirectly any document or information of any kind whatever affecting the Government or shall

any

manner misconduct himself it shall be competent for the Government to declare his employment at an end and he shall be forthwith dismissed by the Government and all rights -benefits and advantages reserved to him by

agreement shall cease and he shall be liable to be called upon to repay the amount paid for the passages of himself and wife to the Colony. 7.

In the event of any pecuniary damage ariving from disregard or noncompliance by the person engaged of any standing Order or Departmental instruction or from any neglect of duty whatsoever

his part he may

B

this

on

be liable to a deduction

from his Salary the amount of which shall be fixed by the Governor subject to the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies .

If at any

during the period of -service the person engaged shall by indulgence stimulants or stimulant incapacitate

in any

Aime

himself for the performance of his duties or any of them or uny part thereof his salary shail therefore become and be liable to deduction

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