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Mr. Harris
In view of the letter from the Col. SЯo.
of 23 March 07, a copy of which is enclosed in 42452/13||
which is not mentioned in the present desp. though
its genuineness is no doubt unquestioned I think
we must give Mr. Cooper some"Allowance for Profes-
mi, hi ha required to
sional qualifications. Indeed it seems to me that
H.K. must go further than the Gov. now proposes and
give the whole two years' addition seeing that he
gets no addition for Prof. Qual. from Ceylon.
On the other hand the letter from the Col. Seo.
ought not to have been written
and is in con-
flict with the ruling of the S. of S. on the point of
Prof. Qual.
On the whole I would tell Mr. Cooper that he is
not strictly entitled to addition for P.Q. from H.
Kong but that as an act of grace S. of S. will allow
an addition bearging the same proportion to two years
as his H.K. service bears to his total service ( 1.8.
the amount now proposed by the Gov. ).
Explain that a slight rectification has had to be
made in the deduction for half pay leave.
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2.
MAR:4
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 11th. February, 1914.
73 I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 381 of the 16th. December forwarding a copy of correspondence with Kr. F. A. Cooper, C.1.G., relative to the pension payable to him in respect of his service in Hongkong.
That service, dating from the 15th. November, 1867, to the 6th. May, 1897, amounts to 9 years 5 months and 22 days, being sixteen days more than the period mentioned by r. Cooper; and his net service, after deducting 4 months and 11 days, being half of his half-pay leave, is 9 years 1 month and 11 days. To this period must be added 1 year 10 months and 26 days being the proportionate part of the five years tropical allowance in respect of service in this Colony, and lir. Cooper's total service for pension is accordingly 11 years and 7 days.
3.
With regard to Mr. Cooper's claim for an allow- -ance for professional qualifications the Fension Minute of 1.95 refers to the pension of an officer who on first entering the service was appointed to an office mentioned in the schedule here- -to", and the posts in the schedule carrying an addition of two years for pension purposes are those of:-
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LETIS HARCOURT, 1.P.,
&C.,
Executive Engineers,
Assistant Engineers,
Marine Surveyors,
Assistant Harbour Master,
Land Surveyors.
&c...
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