CO129-400 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [3-4] — Page 62

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TRESS

10 APR 13.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 12th. March, 1913.

Sir,

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your Despatch No. 392 of 24th. December on the subject of Mrs. J.

T. Cotton's application for the payment of an allowance out of her

hus band's pension.

2.

Mrs. Cotton's version of the case is given in

the enclosed minute by the Head of Sanitary Department.

3.

From confidential enquiries made by the Police

Department it appears that Mrs. Cotton is at present keeping a boarding house for men from the Royal Naval Yard. In this house

Mrs. Cotton's sister is living unmarried with a European. The

Police have no evidence of anything detrimental to Mrs. Cotton's

character.

4.

While nothing definite was known against Mr.

Cotton while he was in the Colony it is understood that he was view. -ed with suspicion by his official associates who would have nothing to do with him outside the sphere of their official duties.

5.

It is difficult to arrive at the true facts of

this case but in all the circumstances it would appear reasonable for Cotton to submit to a monthly allowance of 830 which, if he agrees, could be deducted by the Crown Agents and paid to Ers.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P..

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