CO129-315 - Public Offices & Others - 1902 — Page 518

ages so for with Mr Risley, but I

think that in

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fariness

special consideration in this

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should chan

strange country,

copy of their garment, ignorant

no doubt

of the low, and theatred with dionisal, which would strand them moneyless and under

and under a stigma

a remote Colony. We cannot be ourprised that

their fright and under the

They should

做

in

the wirth paragraph (which

misapprehension explained in the wirth,

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accends with their verbal explanation to me) express

with

, very

comvement to the Goot which had made

The mistake, to return home.

I Mink that we

should withert admitting

any claim but singly

ivs

act of grace grant

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each).

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to their arrival in England (iz härö

they do not appen to have received mything for the two hours sakra work per diem which they did while in Huy Kong.

J.my

13/9

Send for them of suggest that the

should have ₤10. Each in full salefaction. offer in the alternating to send out their Claim to the Col

Colony C.Pd.

The I saw

the

16 at once

men

this morning;

arantained that at first they worked ina have, but that

afterward they had to do eight (they said in conerymuse

letter from m

dah of departure

sahefaction.

ever

paid

4

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5

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then on leave). They mr many placed the hair actormationly before then

hand up They would accept the foo each in full

drifts onbmitted and

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7. Featherstone Building & 2 September 11th 1892.

To The Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office, S. W. -

Six

We

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are in receipt of your communication of the 9th inst and we beg humbly to submit that the real facts of our case have not comes property before you, and we therefore take thef

liberty of further approaching you relative to our

claum

duties and our.

: We were engaged specially for Water potivel

signed Aguement specifically stated that we were employed to do 6 hours

to duty in . every day (24 hours)

we were Aatien

bar

On arrival in Hong Kony before the Captain Superintendent of plotice, who informed us the hours of duty for Water police were 8 hours in the 244, ( we may mentions that the police Service is greatly different from own Civilised Serviie, as we had to carry arms croing to the dangerous duties we should have to perform/ - these terms we respectfully declined to acceptf as being contrary to our Agreement (whichl Agreement is now at the Crown Agents (office) ____ which Agreement we were always withing to abide by

The only alternative left to us was to entire