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Sir,
With reference to Admiralty letter N.499b of
the 25th ultimo, approving of the acceptance of the
appointment of Postmaster General of Hong Kong by Commander W. C. Hastings R.N. (retired), I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that this Officer appears to have failed to obtain their Lordships' permission to accept his former appointment as Assistant Harbour Master at Hong Kong, as required by section 6 of the Superannuation
Act 1887,
I am therefore to request that you will be good enough to cause Commander Hastings to be called upon to furnish whatever explanation he may have to
offer of his omission to comply with the requirements
of rule 2 of the above section, as it will be necessary
to furnish H. M. Treasury with the information.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under
Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE.

P.- No. 7.
Evan Macgregor.

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In any further communica- tion on this subject, please quote N.499a and address letter to— The Secretary, Admiralty, Whitehall, London, S.W. C.O. 12460 RECO Reef 17 MAY 39 Admiralty,, 15th May 1899. 22 Admy 10549 Sir, With reference to Admiralty letter N.499b of the 25th ultimo, approving of the acceptance of the appointment of Postmaster General of Hong Kong by Commander W. C. Hastings R.N. (retired), I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that this Officer appears to have failed to obtain their Lordships' permission to accept his former appointment as Assistant Harbour Master at Hong Kong, as required by section 6 of the Superannuation Act 1887, I am therefore to request that you will be good enough to cause Commander Hastings to be called upon to furnish whatever explanation he may have to offer of his omission to comply with the requirements of rule 2 of the above section, as it will be necessary to furnish H. M. Treasury with the information. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, The Under Secretary of State, COLONIAL OFFICE. P.- No. 7. Evan Macgregor. I made the following corrections: 1. "N.4996" -> "N.499b" (likely OCR error, assuming it should match "N.499a" in the first part) 2. "Aot" -> "Act" (correct spelling) 3. Formatted the text into paragraphs using HTML `` tags. 4. Corrected minor spacing issues and ensured proper line breaks. 5. Preserved original content and structure as per the instructions.

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In any further communica- tion on this subject, please quote N.499a and address letter to-- The Secretary, Admiralty, Whitehail, London, S.W. C.O. 12460 RECO Reef 17 MAY 39 Admiralty,, 15th May 1899. 22 Admy 10549 Sir, With reference to Admiralty letter N.4996 of the 25th ultimo, approving of the acceptance of the appointment of Postmaster General of Hong Kong by Commander W. C. Hastings R.N. (retired), I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies,that this Officer appears to have failed to obtain their Lordships' permission to accept his former appointment as Assistant Harbour Master at Hong Kong, as required by section 6 of the Superannuation Aot 1887, I am therefore to request that you will be good enough to cause Commander Hastings to be called upon to furnish whatever explanation he may have to offer of his omission to comply with the requirements of rule 2 of the above section, as it will be necessary to furnish H. M. Treasury with the information. iam, Sir, Your obedient Servant, The Under Secretary of State, COLONIAL OFFICE. 1.P.- No. 7. Evan Machres.

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In any further communica-

tion on this subject, please quote

N.499a

and address letter to--

The Secretary,

Admiralty, Whitehail,

London, S.W.

C.O.

12460

RECO

Reef 17 MAY 39

Admiralty,,

15th May 1899.

Admy

10549

Sir,

With reference to Admiralty letter N.4996 of

the 25th ultimo, approving of the acceptance of the

appointment of Postmaster General of Hong Kong by Commander W. C. Hastings R.N. (retired), I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies,that this Officer appears to have failed to obtain their Lordships' permission to accept his former appointment as Assistant Harbour Master at Hong Kong, as required by section 6 of the Superannuation

Aot 1887,

I am therefore to request that you will be good enough to cause Commander Hastings to be called upon to furnish whatever explanation he may have to

offer of his omission to comply with the requirements

of rule 2 of the above section, as it will be necessary

to furnish H. M. Treasury with the information.

iam,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

The Under

Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

1.P.- No. 7.

Evan Machres.

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