Judge's absence wittout precious Communication with the officer
Rbuincething the forument
Abuínistuving
muet, I crecive, be sufficiently
was seriously
airaccnt; and in the end of May list this diendrautage feit, when, important matters coming before the regisiative Council,
it was
Mz "discovered that Mr Sterling
was absent, in Maeno. On that
that in
recasion imagining
the altered system consequence of the altered
of administration sinca Sir George. Braham's departure, Mr Sterling might be under some misconception as to his relation to the Officer
ahuinistering.
I asked Sir John
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Bouring if M: Sterling had obtained leave of absence from His Mcellency,
whose reply
was
wno in the negative,
with the additional remark that
had M. Sterling arplied to him, he would have referred him to myself.
3. The present state of the whole
mainland of China in the
A
is
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neighbourhood of this colony i uch that though not immucdiately probable,
be
it is remotely possible that the necistance of the Judge may imperatively and Suddeniy necessary to a meeting of the Incentive Council, called to comiter
the propriety of putting the island
SEP.