I hereby certify:-
1st. That the above leave was,
4 granted
ed to
CommencÒ ow
the
16th of March, 1853 and end on the 15th of March 1834,, on the ground of ill health, and that the Medical Certificate was produced, of which a
copy is annexed
2nd. That Mr. Julius C. Power has served the brown for
Seven years, five months and fiften days.
3rd. That in the courte
on
have
on several
of that
that service he has been absent occasions, at the
the terms specified below, viz: —
In the
17
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1848 _ Fourteen
1849.
1850-
1857-
1852-
dates and for
Fourteen days.
Fourteen days. Eleven
days.
Twelve days.
Sixteen days.
that provision has been made for the due execution of Mr. Julius C. Power's office during his absence, by "Mr Rdward Morgan, blark to the Auditor General .
may
Stratum
Note. - Officers who be under the necessity of applying
to the Secretary of State for an extension of their leaves of absence, are requested to annex this document to their applications, and in order to meet this contingency, it will be furnished to
Duplicate.
them
in
• you
Copy-
257
Hong Kong, February 16th, 1853.
Mr. Priver, Accountant and
Clerk of Deed Registry in the Surveyou Generals Department, having applied
to
Mue
leave
respecting his desire to obtain Twelve months,
of absence
for
I have to remark that he has
recided in this Colony for the period
of Meven
which time he
years, of has been imployed by Government
and a half.
for
Leven
years
On former rccasions I have somewhat emphatically remarked that, with the view of preserving the efficiency of
Public Servants,
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