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man for a salary on which he could not live in comfort in his position in life. Unfortunately when I got to Hong Kong I found I was the victim of one man's intrigue and that £480 per annur the commencing salary of Junior Medical Officers was about

I have the minimum on which a married Medical man could live. served the Hong Kong Government faithfully for three years under these trying circumstances, I lived in great discomfort and used up money by going there which I had previously saved, know that I have no legal claim on the Goverment but I believə their sense of justice goes further than the letter of an agree- ment, and I ask that my application for senior Bacteriological posta be considered not only "with others" but with regard to the trouble I have gene through in the Service to make myself

eligible for them.

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I know that the posts asked for do not go vacant every month or even every year. I am starting for British Columbia

with a small Bacteriological. or the Far East on the 24th. inst.

equipment which I trust will enable me to make a living until ar appointment is available, I will let you know my future

address at an early date.

I have the Honour to be,

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Yours faithfully,

C.M. Heanley

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The Secretary of State for the Colonies.