CO129-398 - Individuals - 1912 — Page 316

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formulated against me, but I was condemned, unheard, to pay this large fine (amounting to more than one twelfth of my gross annual salary) for a crime committed by a Chinese official, the terms of whose engagement presuppose the propability of such crime on his part; a crime which the action of the Colonial Government rendered it impossible for me to prevent, and which resulted in a loss to the revenue of the Colony which could not have occurred had it not been for such action.

26. In January 1911 my health completely broke down. I had already applied for, and had been granted, three months vaca- -tion leave and nine months half-pay leave, to date from the 1st February 1911, on which date I embarked, having to be carried on board, as I was too ill to walk, - indeed, as I heard laber, all the doctors in the Colony expected me to die before reaching Singa- -pore. On arrival on board the steamer in which I had engaged passages for myself, wife, and family, the ship's doctor declined to accept the responsibility of my case, and the Master of the ship absolutely refused to take me, on account of the state of my health, and it was with the greatest difficulty that my wife induced then to consent to my remaining on board, which they finally, most reluc- -tantly, did on her undertaking, in writing, to assume all responsi. -bility for me. Fortunately, the sea air, the rest and quiet, and and the unremitting care I received, wrought a speedy improvement, so that, on my arrival in England after six weeks in the South of France, I was very greatly better and able to be up and about my business, though not completely restored to health. Since then, I have had several returns of illness, on which account I have been granted extensions of leave amounting in all to a further nine months. Though now, on the whole, my general health is much in- -proved, my doctor advises me that I ought not to return to the climate of Hongkong, which obviously no longer agrees with me; be considers that, should I have to return thither, there is every prospect of my getting another similar attack.

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To summarise what I have written above. The Harbour Department in Hongkong has been constantly employed in training as clerks such raw material as was forthcoming, and when these had

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