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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH OCTOBER, 1881.
II. Should this application be approved, the Applicant will receive half pay, during his absence. and a certificate entitling him to a return passage to the Colony within the period specified.
III. The Applicant shall enter into a bond for the refund of the half pay, or the difference between his pension and half pay as the case may be, drawn after his leaving the Colony, in case he does not return at the period specified.
IV. This period may nevertheless be extended by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on such ground as may to him be satisfactory, and such extension shall be deemed to be leave originally granted within the meaning of the above Sections I, II, and III, anything therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
V. Such leave shall enable the Applicant to count his previous service as regards the time of service required before a pension is granted, but shall not be calculated as actual service towards obtaining a pension.
VI. On the Applicant's return to the Colony, he shall be reinstated in his relative position in the Force, and he will be sworn in for a further period of five years' service under § IX of Ordinances 9 of 1862, and 8 of 1869.
INDIANS.
I. Leave of absence will be granted to Indians, after each period of five years' service, subject to the following conditions:-
(a.) That the Applicant's previous character has been good.
(b.) That the leave does not exceed six months, except on special authority.
(c.) That the period on leave does not count towards the time of service necessary for pension, but will enable him to count his previous service towards the period of service required before a pension is granted.
(d.) That half pay is granted for the period on leave, and the return passage of the Applicant defrayed. These amounts will be paid on. the Applicant's return to the Colony and re-enlistment.
(e.) The number of men on leave will be limited at the discretion of His Excellency the
Governor.
(f.) On the Applicant's return he will be sworn in under § IX of Ordinances 9 of 1862 and 8 of 1869, for a further period of five years' service, and reinstated in his relative position.
M. S. TONNOCHY,
Administrator.
Hongkong, 26th September, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION-No. 361.
The following Circular Despatch is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th October, 1881.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 15th August, 1881. SIR,-I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of a Circular issued by the French Government, containing regulations with regard to the importation into France of provisions in soldered tins.
I have thought it advisable to send copies of this Circular to all Colonies, so that those Colonies which do not export, but may import, provisions in tins may be aware of the opinion expressed by the French Government with regard to tins soldered in the manner described.
The Officer Administering the Government of
I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.
HONGKONG.
Circulaire du 28 Août, 1880, No. 1455.
PARIS, le 28 Août, 1880.
L'attention du Départment du Commerce a été appelée sur les dangers que peut faire courir aux consommateurs l'usage des conserves alimentaires renfermées dans des boîtes dont la soudure a été pratiquée à l'intérieur et qui sont fabriquées avec des fers-blancs autres que celui qui est étamé à l'étain
fin.
Le Comité consultatif d'hygiène publique, auquel la question a été soumise, a reconnu qu'il y a, en effet, pour la santé publique, de sérieux inconvénients à livrer à l'alimentation des produits qui, par leur contact avec des soudures ou des surfaces recouvertes d'un alliage contenant du plomb, peuvent
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