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half a month's salary.

I am at a loss to understand the

statement of the Harbour Master in the same paragraph that

whereas he inspected a vessel for the Transvaal Govern-

Lent on the 27th. of April, 1908, his claim was not even

forwarded. His claim to the continuance of the allowance

formed the subject of Sir F. D. Lugard's Despatch No. 35

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of the 29th. of January last. The statement that he

received "instructions to continue the special inspections"

refers to the fact that on the 22nd. April, 1908,

the

Harbour Master was informed that a vessel sailing from

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here to Durban with the intention of embarking Chinese

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returning emigrants there, required a Special Licence under

the Chinese Emigration Ordinance.

5.

Commander Basil Taylor bases his

claim on the ground that the service he performed in

connection with the granting of such special licences were

the same after the 31st. March, 1908, as before that date;

and that these services were of a special nature in that

they were imposed by special legislation which required

more to be done by the Emigration Officer than was re-

-quired under the Emigration Ordinance, 1889,

and

Chinese Passenger Act 1855 before the Emigration Ordinance

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