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report the existence of certain gambling houses.
I am,
Sir,
458
Your obedient servant,
A.E. Pease, Esq. M.P.
To your
G.P. Lucas.
*
Petitioner it seems remarkable that in the
communication there is no reference to the interdiction
against his residence in Hong Kong, imposed in the
letter No. 1784, and which was communicated by the
Acting Colonial Secretary to the English
newspapers in Hong Kong while in this letter
there is no mention of the reason assigned for reducing his pension.
9.- With respect to the condition imposed your
Petitioner desires to point out that he resided in
Hong Kong from the date of his dismissal to the
time of his departure for England on the 24th
December, 1898, and he feels confident there was
nothing in his conduct to justify such a severe
stigma on his character as is conveyed in what is
virtually the banishment of an Englishman from a
British Colony.
Since your Petitioner's arrival in England he has
already received two offers of situations under the
Chinese, in China, the acceptance of either of
which might necessitate occasional visits by him
to Hong Kong.
10
-Your Petitioner most respectfully submits
that his case must have been most grossly misrepresented
to you, Sir, before you could have found him guilty
of want of vigilance in failing to discover and report
the existence of gambling houses.
It was well known that for several years previous
to 1893 he did very much more towards the suppression
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report the existence of certain gambling houses.
I am,
Sir,
458
Your obedient servant,
A.E.Pease.Esq .M.P.
To your
G.P.Lucas. *
Petitioner it seems remarkable that in the
communication there is no reference to the interdiction
against his residence in HongKong, imposed in the
letter No 1784, and which was communicated by the
Acting Colonial Secretary to the English
newspapers in HongKong while in this letter
there is no mention of the reason assigned for reducing his pension.
9.- With respect to the condition imposed your
Petitioner desires to point out that he resided in
HongKong from the date of his dismissal to the
time of his departure for England on the 24th
December, 1898, and he feels confident there was
nothing in his conduct to justify such a severs
stigma on his charecter as is conveyed in what is
virtually the banishment of an Englishman from a
British Colony.
Since your Petitioner's arrival in England he has
already received two offers of situations under the
Chinese, in China, the acceptance of either of
which might necessitate accasional visits by him
to HongKong.
10
-Your Petitioner most respectfully submits
that his case must have been most grossly misrepresen-
ted to you, Sir, before you could have found him guilty
of want of vigilence in failing to discover and report
the existence of gambling houses.
It was well known that for several years previous
to 1893 he did very much more towards the suppression
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