CO129-541-9 Alexander Black- approval for reduced gratuity 4-10-1932 - 19-12-1932 — Page 6

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Mr. Parkinson.

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December, 1932.

I have etc. to acknowledge

the receipt of Mr. Southorn's

(1)

despatch No. 453 of the 4th of

October, in which my approval is

sought for the grant of a reduced

gratuity of $300 to Mr. Alexander

Black, a Eurasian officer of the

Junior Clerical Service, who was

in

removed from the Service on grounds of

general inefficiency auctio fin of

December, 1931.

2. I observe that the gratuity

for which Mr. Black would have been

eligible had he been obliged to leave

the Service on medical grounds at the

same date would have amounted to

$568.75. In cases where an officer

is