to apply for leave of absence to return to Europe, on account of their severe derangement of the Digestive Organs; and in April 1854 I knew myself very
anxious for him to leave the Colony for some months, before he
should venture to remain over another
Summer.
do more but divine have been frowned, but with which there has
been a marked increase both in the
severity and duration of the Symptoms, till, at last, the constitution seems scarcely able to recover from them. I therefore consider it my bounden duty to urge M. Rieuwerts to lose no time in obtaining the required permission to return to Europe, (for a period not less than 18 months) "by the earliest possible opportunity,
even, if necessary, to sacrifice all considerations of official or pecuniary interest, for the only chance of recovering his health
"(Signed) W. A. Harland, M.D.,
M. A. B. J. E.
True Copy
Colonial Secretary.