CO129-402 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [7-8] — Page 72

N° 239.

C O 26001

REGS

PR926 JUL 13

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG, 8th. July, 1913.

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Sir,

I have the honour to transmit for your consider-

-ation the enclosed Memorial from Inspector A. Watson of the Sanita- -ry Department requesting a ruling on his claim to the privilege of four months vacation leave in any two years.

I am of course unaware what was explained to lir.

Watson on the occasion of his transfer by the late Ir. LicCallum but

the former was in quite as good a position at the date of such

transfer to know of the existence of the rule dating from 1st. l'arch

1894, whereby all officers appointed thereafter were to enjoy only

the leave as granted under the Colonial Regulations, and the argu-

-ment by analogy with the privileged rates of exchange fails inas-

-uch as Police Officers enjoyed those rates while in the Police

Department previous to their transfer to the Civil Service.

It is also no argument, to my mind, in favour of

the petition that the four months period was through inadvertence

ranted in one or two instances, and I therefore submit that the

petitioner should be informed that he has no claim to the privilege.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

Amaya

Governor,&c..

THE RIGHT HONCURABLE

LIIS HARCOURT, 1.P.,

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