CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 396

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.. If you are prepared to accept the appointment, you should

present yourself to one of the Medical Advisers of this Department,

whose names are given on the annexed-letter, for the purpose of being

medically examined. The letter is to be detached and left with him; and

you will be required to pay him a fee of one guinea. He will send his

report direct to this Department.

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7. If finally selected for appointment, you will be provided with

a free passage to the

Colony

(on your signing the usual agreement with

the Crown Agents for the Colonies, Downing Street, S.W, by which

you will be bound to repay to the Colonial Government the cost of your

passage in the event of your relinquishing the appointment within three

years of the date of your arrival in the Colony for any other reason than mental or physical infirmity.

Q. You will be entitled to half salary from the date of your embarkation from this country, and to full salary from the date of your arrival in the Colony, if swch hatf" salurg und full salary respectively will, be__then available, as to which you may obtain information in this -Department.

3. I am lo request that you will inform me of the earliest date at which you will be prepared to leave for the Colony, in order that the

necessary communications may be made to the Governor and to the Crown

Agents.

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[This letter is to be detached and left with the Medical Adviser.]

Downing Street, London,

31 Janu

190 /

I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to

request that you will be good enough to examine the bearer of this letter,

Mr Ralphe Prowde

and report whether, in your opinion, he is physically fit for service as

Assistant master, queen's College, Hangking.

guinea.

He has been informed that he will have to pay you a fee of one

Kum,

Your obedient Servant,

10. Should your roquist any

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about this post. I am to suggest that unexpen communicate with 50 g. H. Bateson - Wright, ite

queen's college, who to no His address is

Head master

England.

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Boddington

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Patrick Manson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P.,

21, Queen Anne Street, London, W.; Andrew Davidson, Esq., M.D.,

29, Morningside Drive, Edinburgh; J. Hawtrey Benson, Esq., M.D.,

57, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

CPL

(Hours: 10 am, to 12 noon.)

(Hours: 10 am, to 1 p.m.)

(Hours: 2.30 to 4 p.m.)