CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901 — Page 491

Send copy of all the correspondence to the Governor and ask him to have the

government pension calculated.

Addendum that his plea for professional qualifications has already been most carefully considered & that it has been decided that in Hong Kong as in the other Crown colonies no addition

be made on this ground "Calculating the pension of the veterinary surgeon." In Chamberlain's letter, a state that he cannot meet his wishes by giving instructions that the pension minute should be altered in his favour.

C.P.L.

12

at once

166 +6

igo

07.

Sir,

C.

27535

BC AUG 01

Morville Vicarage.

Brixton.

486

Ungwal of the 1904.

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 26648,

dated August 6.

I have not put to grant the request of postponing my retirement, for the reason that I feel that there is good work in me yet, and

I am confident that I could perform others to

shorten root. I am to relinquish duties which I am

to thank our Secretary Chamberlain for granting

will

I have Commission Levy

of fully pay

pensionable service, respectfully by that

Completion

in connection with this question I may-

additional pension for

for it

claims

pr. personal qualifications may

I am

containing

be considered

fully

what

in the case

whether

entitled to

I respectfully

entitled fully

to consideration as

legal men

harbour

Members

The

my professional qualification

masters, engineers, land surveyors, etc., much

in training

having been a member of

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

bos degree.

When considering my petition I reluctantly have to

abstemple

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market, you the times

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to render

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during

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attention to the

small services which that

to the Government of Hong Kong during my

the establishment and working of the Vaccine Lymph tanks

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