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months

HUNG KUNG.

230

No.

CPL 7 sept

far. 15366 Hong Kong 386

f

98

Downing Street,

10 September, 1898.

Judened

mu

kim give an

fidutating

Itai

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of your despatch No.165 of the 8th of June last, sub- mitting for approval the grant of a gratuity of $450 to Police Constable Robert Graham.

2.

The gratuity appears to be correctly calcu- lated in accordance with my despatch No.40 of the 15th of February last, and I have therefore to signify my approval of it. Before any steps are taken, however, to pay the sum in question to Mr Graham, you will doubt-

less satisfy yourself that if he has not already done

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he will fulfil the condition on which this allow-

ance was granted, viz: that he should leave the Colony

and not return to it.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

7.5.

(For the Secretary of State).

he Officer Administering

the Government of

HUNG KONG.