CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895 — Page 406

with

by bock these laws.

To my personal Russledge

Mr. Francis devoted

the whole of

his day from & in the morning

till be ory

the 4

in

the evening

for months the Plague lasted

to the work of the Permanent

Committee

19 fully 3 or 4

homes

day from the 15th September

C

про

to the

end

of

November

when

the

of the Plague he sacrificed his02 entire practice which is

which is by far

the largest

in

HongKong. Making

due allowance for the slackness

Two

of business during the plague I have the authority of the leading firms of

Solicitors in

Hong Kong for saying

briefs

that be

to the Value of

refused

$5000

in

order

to devoté

Permanent Committee

ceased sitting

im

done after

really

there was

amount of work lobe

Aver

the epidemic

was

in furishing reporto de

the 4 months

During the

of the

hunself to his chairman ofetic

Committee

C

work

Permanent

Amay

Apt. Sapt. of Police

and Meruler of the humanent Committed of the Tamilan Hourd, Hougher,

19 June 1895