CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6] — Page 189

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Petitioner was ipso facto abolished within the meaning of Rule 14 of the Hong Kong Pension Minute dated January 1st 1902.

6. Your Petitioner understands that the Government of Hong Kong propose to offer Your Petitioner the post of 2nd Master at Queen's College, but Your Petitioner feels that Your Petitioner is not now fitted for the post of 2nd Master, firstly, by reason of Your Petitioner not having been engaged in teaching for the last nine years, and secondly by reason of Your Petitioner suffering from severe recurrent headaches, and also from defect in hearing, which disabilities would seriously interfere with the efficient discharge of duties required of the 2nd Master. Your Petitioner therefore takes the liberty of submitting for Your Lordship's information two certificates from Medical Practitioners in the Colony whom Your Petitioner has from time to time consulted. Your Petitioner begs to be permitted to refer Your Lordship to Dr. G. P. Jordan who is at present in England and who has been Your Petitioner's Medical adviser for a number of years.

7. Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that taking the above facts into consideration Your Lordship may be pleased to permit Your Petitioner to retire under the Pension Rule quoted in paragraph 5 hereof; such retirement to take effect as from the Spring of 1910, meanwhile allowing Your Petitioner to act in some clerical post to enable...