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The appointment is under the Colonial Government, and your emoluments will be paid solely from the funds of the Colony.

b. If you are prepared to accept the appointment on these conditions, 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.

If finally selected for the probationary appointment, you will be provided with a free passage to the Colony, on your appointment at £600 per annum.

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

Downing Street, London, [Date: 1 August]

Sir,

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, and report whether, in your opinion, she is physically fit for service as a Nursing Sister in Hong Kong.

Failing the signing of 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.

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. In the event of your appointment being cancelled, you will not be entitled to any leave of absence or pay after the date of the letter by which the cancellation is notified to you, unless the Governor, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, shall grant it on special grounds.

I am to 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.

It is requested that you arrive in Hong Kong not later than February.

Your obedient Servant,

[Signature]

He has been informed that he will have to pay a fee of one guinea to the Medical Adviser.

To

Patrick Manson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., C.M.G., 21, Queen Anne Street, London, W.;

Andrew Davidson, Esq., M.D., 11, Morningside Place, Edinburgh; or

J. Hawtrey Benson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P.I., 57, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

(Hours: 10 a.m. to 12 noon.)

(Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

(Hours: 2.30 to 4 p.m.)

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[This paragraph to be omitted.] The appointment is under the Colonial Government, and your emoluments will be paid solely from the funds of the Colony. b. If you are prepared to accept the appointment on these conditions, 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. If finally selected for the probationary appointment, you will be provided with a free passage to the Colony, on your appointment at £600 per annum. [This letter is to be detached and left with the Medical Adviser.] Downing Street, London, [Date: 1 August] Sir, 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, and report whether, in your opinion, she is physically fit for service as a Nursing Sister in Hong Kong. Failing the signing of 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. 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. In the event of your appointment being cancelled, you will not be entitled to any leave of absence or pay after the date of the letter by which the cancellation is notified to you, unless the Governor, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, shall grant it on special grounds. I am to 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. It is requested that you arrive in Hong Kong not later than February. Your obedient Servant, [Signature] He has been informed that he will have to pay a fee of one guinea to the Medical Adviser. To Patrick Manson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., C.M.G., 21, Queen Anne Street, London, W.; Andrew Davidson, Esq., M.D., 11, Morningside Place, Edinburgh; or J. Hawtrey Benson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P.I., 57, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, (Hours: 10 a.m. to 12 noon.) (Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) (Hours: 2.30 to 4 p.m.)
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selection can be completed. In other respects you will be subject to the Colonial Regulations in force for the time being, which are published in the annual “Colonial Office List," and can also be consulted in this Office. The appointment is under the Colonial Government, and your emoluments

will be paid solely from the funds of the Colony,

b. If you are prepared to accept the appointment on these conditions, you should present yourself to one of the Medical Advisers of this Depart

enclosed ment, 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

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the appointment within three years of the date of your arrival in the Colony

for any other reason than mental or physical infirmity.

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. In the event of your appointment being cancelled,

you will not be entitled to any leave of absence or pay after the date of the

letter by which the cancellation is notified to you, unless the Governor,

subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, shall grant it on special

grounds.

9. I am to 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

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Andrew Davidson, Esq., M.D.,

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4. Hawtrey Benson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P.I.,

57, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

(Hours: 10 am, to 12 noon.)

(Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

(Hours: 2.30 to 4 p.m.)

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