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without quarters or allowances of any kind and without

private practice, such appointment to date from 1st. Sep-

-tember, 1905. On the 5th. December, 1905, or about three

months after his appointment, Mr. Moore applied under 36

(1) of the Hongkong Civil Service General Orders for per-

-mission to draw, as from the lst. of September, 1905, the

same house allowance as had been granted to Dr. W. V. M.

Koch when he performed the duties of Medical Officer in

oharge of Victoria Gaol during Dr. J. C. Thomson's absence

on leave. As Dr. Thomson was occupying free quarters I

granted Mr. Moore the whole of Dr. Thomson's lapsing house

allowance, but subsequently stopped that grant when my

attention had been called for the first time to the terms

of the appointment of Mr. Moore and after I had perused all

the papers bearing on the subject. On the 22nd. January,

the 2nd. February and the 21st. February Mr. Moore renewed

his application on the following grounds:-

(a). that Dr. Koch's appointment was made

on the same terms as his own, and that as Dr. Koch was in

occupation of free quarters under General Order 36 (1),

he, Mr. Moore, was entitled under the same General Order

to quarters or an allowance in lieu of quarters.

Mr.