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30 years of faithful service that my pension may

as to enable me to live ressonatly according to for such would be merely Justice.

Hongking has been in existence,

1842,

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status,

Crown Colony, since

that date to this the scale of Porccons, so par

as I am aware, has never draw alfines except to the detriment

of

its prospection pensioned officers: for when I entered the Service to the dollar but

in 1884 the pension was calculated at

42

in order that I with others, might get a son all leat increase

at 3ffd to the dollar, at

srity

pension

obliged to take which it now remains.

Hong Kong,

as Your Excellency to awart, is

amory

the

mat prreperous of the Common Colonies & according to my judgement is destined further

han sund it as well a

The Gotenint durante who

progress.

faithfully during the 30 years prior to the War did much for its administration & helped to establish its solidity: with cutmission I centure to think they deseros will of the Colony to which they devoted the best years of their bins.

From the last Financing Returns, which have just to hand, it would appear that the Hongkong Resmire is ample for all requirements, for a Colony of the size of thongkong which can devote $5,251,706 5 Public Works or 35,28 per cent can early afford to devote a littu more

of the total

vole,

to the pensions of its former officials.