CO129-354 - Public Offices & Others - 1908 — Page 302

for the Tolome's have

been authorized to

both Get the

provide he has adopted

(of me Gerrard Slaughter with

to Hongkong

signing

au

on

a

passage

his

agreement

the cost to

the host by instalments

may

see

3. As

such

as you

fit to direct

• you

observe from the

will

correspondence with

WeGerard, copies

193

misunderstanding in

299

future, it might be

amend the

well

to

footnote

the leave certificates

such

offices

to make

the wording the Company

in the

same

Colonial Regulations

for his wife

and children, not

exceeding four

persons besides himself

I Enclose,

appears than her

that officer was

under the impression

that he was entitled

to free passages for himself his

wife and four

children. In order

(the possibility of)

to avoid

such

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For Tolome has been authorized to provide; he has adopted (of me) Gerrard Slaughter with a passage to Hongkong on signing an agreement to pay the cost by instalments.

3. As such, you are fit to direct that you may observe from the correspondence with WeGerard, copies of which are enclosed (pages 193 and 299), that there has been a misunderstanding. In future, it might be well to amend the wording of the leave certificates issued by such offices to make it consistent with the Colonial Regulations.

It appears that the officer was under the impression that he was entitled to free passages for himself, his wife, and four children. In order to avoid such a misunderstanding in future, it is proposed to limit the number of persons for whom free passages may be claimed to not exceeding four persons besides himself.

I enclose a footnote regarding the Company's regulations for his wife and children.

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for the Tolome's have been authorized to both get the provide he has adopted (of me) Gerrard Slaughter with to Hongkong signing an agreement on a passage his the cost to the host by instalments may see

3. As such as you fit to direct • you observe from the correspondence with WeGerard, copies 193 misunderstanding in 299 future, it might be amend the well to footnote the leave certificates such offices to make the wording the Company in the same Colonial Regulations for his wife and children, not exceeding four persons besides himself

I Enclose, appears than her that officer was under the impression that he was entitled to free passages for himself his wife and four children. In order (the possibility of) to avoid such

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