CO129-296 - Public Offices & Others - 1899 — Page 350

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eretary of State.

Colonial Department

Downing Street

London S.W.

Copy

Shirling

344

sa. Port: Hreet2529

Street,

23rd August c ASO

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sir,

We beg to send you herewith copy Will or Settlement by Heil Gillies, Sergeant of Police, in the Colony of Hong Kong, executed

at Bannockburn, Scotland, on 11th September 1896. The decosmed”s

mother received a letter on the 14th ourt, from a friend in Hong Kong

stating that her son died in the Hospital there from Malarial Føver

in the beginning of July. She has been expecting tổ get an official

Notice of the death, but up to the present time no intimation has

reached her. Mrs Gillies has instructed us to attend to the realiz-

:ation of any estate or effects her son may have left in the Colóny.

We shall, therefore, be obliged by your letting us know if any commun-

:ication has been received at the Colonial Office acquainting you of

deceased's death. We should also like to know what portion-if any.

of his Salary may be due, and if any sum in the Police Superannuation

Fund falls to deceased's representatives. It is possible that de-

:ceased died possessed of some means, and we will be glad to learn

if instructions can be given through your Office to a representative

at the Government Office, Hong Kong to ingather the Ertate, or if it

will be necessary to execute a Power of Attorney in favor of the

Captain of Police mentioned in the Will. Mrs Gillies is a Widow, well

advanced in years and in póór circumstances, and we are therefore an-

:xious to incur as little expense as possible in recovering any monies

her son may have left. We are, Sir,

Your most Obed Servis

A & I Jenkins

Solicitors.