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No. 328.

C.O.

34998

355

Tee

Rent 18 MEC 99

Government House.

Hong-Kong, 15 November, 1899.

Sir,

Enclosure 1.

I have the honour to forward, for your approval,

the enclosed paper of particulars relating to the service of

Mr. J. J. Clerihew, Inspector of Nuisances, Sanitary Department, and

to recommend that a pension at the rate of $536.66 per annum

be granted to him as from 1st November, 1899.

Enclosure 2.

Sheet...

From the annexed copy of a report by a Medical

Board, you will observe that this officer has been certified to

be unfit for further service.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

Steung Alake (?)

GOVERNOR, &C.

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.

BCC.1

200.1

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No. 328. C.O. 34998 355 Tee Rent 18 MEC 99 Government House. Hong-Kong, 15 November, 1899. Sir, Enclosure 1. I have the honour to forward, for your approval, the enclosed paper of particulars relating to the service of Mr. J. J. Clerihew, Inspector of Nuisances, Sanitary Department, and to recommend that a pension at the rate of $536.66 per annum be granted to him as from 1st November, 1899. Enclosure 2. Sheet... From the annexed copy of a report by a Medical Board, you will observe that this officer has been certified to be unfit for further service. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Humble Servant, Steung Alake (?) GOVERNOR, &C. The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P. BCC.1 200.1 It appears that "Steung Alake" is likely an OCR error and should be "Stewart Lockhart" or another name, but without further context, it's hard to be certain. However, following the instructions, I have not altered it beyond correcting minor spacing issues and formatting. Also, "Selosure1" and "Sheeto" were corrected to "Enclosure 1" and "Sheet..." respectively, assuming they were OCR errors. "Tee" and other unclear references were left as is due to lack of context. "th" was assumed to be part of the date and corrected to a plausible date format. The output is in HTML as requested, using for paragraphs.
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No. 328. C.O. 34998 355 Tee Rent 18 MEC 99 Government House. th Hong-Kong, /5 November,) 1899. sir, Selosure1. I have the honour to forward, for your approval, the enclosed paper of particulars relating to the service of Mr.J.J.Clerihew, Inspector of Nuisances, Sanitary Department, and to recommend that a pension at the rate of $536.66 per annum be granted to him as from 1st.November, closure 2. Sheeto for 1899. 1899. From the annexed copy of a report by a Medical Board, you will observe that this officer has been certified to be unfit for further service. I have the honour to he, sir, Your most obedient Humble Servant, Steung Alake GOVERNOR, &C. The Right Honourable i JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,M.P. 80. * BCC. 1 200.1
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No. 328.

C.O.

34998

355

Tee

Rent 18 MEC 99

Government House.

th

Hong-Kong, /5 November,) 1899.

sir,

Selosure1.

I have the honour to forward, for your approval,

the enclosed paper of particulars relating to the service of

Mr.J.J.Clerihew, Inspector of Nuisances, Sanitary Department, and

to recommend that a pension at the rate of $536.66 per annum

be granted to him as from 1st.November,

closure 2.

Sheeto

for 1899.

1899.

From the annexed copy of a report by a Medical

Board, you will observe that this officer has been certified to

be unfit for further service.

I have the honour to he,

sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

Steung Alake

GOVERNOR, &C.

The Right Honourable

i

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,M.P.

80. *

BCC. 1

200.1

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