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But I consider that I have a very much stronger claim upon the Government under clause 13 of the Minute of 1895. This clause provides that where a public officer has been permanently injured in the discharge of his duties, and without his own default, and by some injury specifically attributable to the nature of his duty, and his retirement is thereby necessitated, an allowance may be granted to him, in addition to any pension which he may be awarded, at the scale thereunder

mentioned, and this scale providea that when the Officer's

capacity to contribute to his support is materially im-

paired the addition shall be at the rate of fifteen

sixtieths of his salary, provided that no such allowance

shall together with the pension exceed fifty sixtieths.

As I have already pointed out to you, my health has been

practically destroyed, and although my capacity to con- tribute to my support has not perhaps been totally destroyed, it has undoubtedly been seriously and materially

impaired by the discharge of my duty under the following

eircumstances:-

In February 1913 I had been engaged upon

my official duties at Hong Kong from October

1908 without a break. I had to bear the burden

of the erection of the new Government Post

Office Buildings and the new Law Courts under

the circumstances of stress and difficulty

already detailed by me. Early in February 1913

my health broke down under the strain and on the

10th of February I obtained a certificate signed

by Dr. Oswald Marriott and Dr. Mc. Kenny stating

that it was necessary for me to have at least

seven days' leave as I was then unfit for duty.

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