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la any further communica-

tion on this subject, please quote

N. 7806.

and address letter to-

The Secretary,

Admiralty, Whitehall,

London, S.W.

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18002

Vee? 9 JUN 00

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Admiralty,

7th June 1900.

Sir,

With reference to the 52 Non Commissioned Officers

and men of the Royal Marines who are now serving with

the Hong Kong Police Force, 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 as these men have all less than 12 years' service

as Marines, the arrangement with regard to reokoning

time for their Naval pension is that they shall not be

entitled to count their Colonial service as qualifying

for such pension unless they return to the Corps three

years before they complete 21 years service.

As it is probable that there may be some who will

take advantage of this concession, it will be necessary

that they should be now informed that if still in

Colonial employment on the completion of 12 years from

the date of their enlistment in the Royal Marines, it

Secretary of State,will be requisite, if they desire not to lose their

Under

COLONIAL OFFICE.

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