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While in England in the autumn of 1901 I was
offered by Mr. Chamberlain a seat on the Bench of the High Court of the Transvaal then about to be formed as the alternative of the Chief Justiceship of Hongkong for which 1 had asked. I declined the offer, preferring at the time the Chief Justiceship of Hong- -kong which I believed I would receive and I left England under that impression. On my return to Piji I was informed that it was not then possible to give me that appointment.
15. Hongkong. On the Zod. May, 1908, I accepted the appointment of Attorney-General of Hongkong. I believed when I did so that it was intended that I should succeed to the Chief Justiceship of the Colony on the retirement of Sir William Good- -man who had received the appointment for which I had asked. On the retirement of Sir William my confident expectation in that direction was, to my great disappointment, not realized; and i am now, after the long and varied service above detailed, without any assurance on which to base an expectation of further prefer- -ment within any given time.
16.
Thus 1 am brought to contemplate retirement
from the service in which I have spent so many years, and to
which I had intended to devote my whole life.
17.
Owing to my service having been divided between the three Colonies mentioned, I am unable, of myself, to ascertain with certainty the amount of the pension which will be allowed to me in the event of my retirement at the pensionable age: but I have, in the manner appearing below computed the amount which, it appears to me, I may be allowed on retirement.
18.
I now respectfully ask that His Excellancy may be pleased to institute en early enquiry into that computa- -tion and that thereafter 1 may be told the amount of the pen- -sion which will be allowed to me if I retire on attaining the
censionable
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