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Enclosure 1.
Hong Kong Hotel,
May 16th., 1906.
C236
23781
Rece Reef 2 JUL 06
My Lord,
I have the honour respectfully to request you to
consider my application for a house allowance, under 36 (1)
of the Hong Kong Civil Service General Orders, while acting
as Medical officer to Victoria Gaol, for the following
reasons:-
I. I an compelled to reside within ten minutes of
the Gaol and therefore come under the exceptions mentioned
in General Order 36 (1) with regard to allowances to
officers appointed after the 1st. Jenuary 1902.
2. On account of being limited to this small area,
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in order to obtain suitable quarters as a married man, I
am forced to live beyond the rate which my means warrant.
3. My predecessor Dr. Koch, who is also on a sterling salary, drew an allowance although he resided outside the
prescribed area.
4. An allowance of $720 per annum from September 1st
1905, the date of my appointment, was granted to me by His Excellency the Governor by a letter from the Principal Civil Medical Officer dated December 15th 1905 in reply to my application dated December 5th 1905, but by a letter dated January 11th 1906 I was informed that the allowance would cease from January 1st 1906, no reason being then stated. However from subsequent correspondence it would appear that His Excellency the Governor held that the phrase " without quarters or allowances of any kind "
The Right Honourable,
Lord Elgin, K.G., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.,
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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