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pension will be so small that I cannot see my way to retir-

-ing on that date, in view of my five children, whose edu-

-cation will not be completed. I shall therefore have to

continue serving. Indeed, the many deductions which have

been made during the past. two years from my Colonial allow-

-ance, in contravention of the Treasury Circulars of 1914,

and of the assurances I received in 1915 from the Hongkong

Government, the Colonial Office, and the Admiralty, have

so adversely affected my income that I am seriously consi-

-dering an application to return to ay Colonial post now,

before the termination of the war, as I find that I cannot

afford the enormously increased cost of supporting my

family in this country on a reluced income.

I have the honour to be

Sir,

your obedient servant

Basil Daylour? -

Commander. R.N.

Harbour Master Lc:, Hongkong.

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