the
very strongly to apply for leave before the coming on hot season of 1849, but he
objected, that there was
no
one
to supply his place, and preferred
farther risk to health
incurring and life rather than leave it thus; I yielded to his entreaties, though with some anxiety as to the result. The remaining period has fully confirmed fears by the manifest decay of his constitution, which has
not rallied
as usual
even
under
as much as
the late cold
during
season; and
now that the
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18 months from this time, that his valuable life might not be endangered by his remaining during the ensuing hot season. (Signed) A. St. Balfour,
F. B. S. E. and V. P. R. A. S.
Surgeon.
Victoria, Hongkong,
April 5th 1850.
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary.
China,
Bishop of Victoria and his
assistants have come, I have
felt it to be
more than
ever
my duty
more
to urge
his obtaining
leave of absence for at least