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MEMORIAL for ROBERT GARDNER MCEWAN presently

in temporary residence at No. 109 strath:

:martine Road, Dundee, Senior Santtary In:

:spector at Hong Kong.

The Memorialist joined the Hong Kong Government Service

on 15th November, 1890 and was appointed a Police Constable!

on that date. He arrived in the Colony on 28th December,

1890. Since then the Memorialist has been continually

in service under the Crown at Hong Kong. The dates and

perioda of his service will be found in the copy of the

official form marked Appendix annexed hereto. The

Memorialist therefore completed thirty four years ser:

:vice in November of this year. He reached the age of

fifty five years on 13th May, 1924 naving been born on

13th May, 1869.

From said form in the Appendix hereto, it will

be observed that on 6th March, 1898 the Memorialist was

transferred to be Inspector in charge of the Royal Naval

Yard Police and that he remained there until 26th May,

1901 when he was again re-transferred to the Hong Kong

Civil Service as a Sanitary Inspector of the third class.

He remained with the Hong Kong Civil Service during the

remainder of his service in different capacities as will

also be observed from the said form.

The Memorialist has qualified for a pension but

if reference is again made to said form, it will be ob:

:served that the whole period of his service in charge of

the Royal Naval Yard Police has been deducted in arriving

at the amount of the pension. Now this transference to

the Royal Naval Yard Police was not of the Memorialist's

seeking. It was suggested to him that he should transfer

but it was not explained that his transferring would

interfere with his pension and the Memorialist feels that

he/