granted to Chief
Justice Hulme,
and the arrangemes,
have
which you made consequent
thereon.
I have se.
i.
264 $463
Extracts from the Minutes of the -
Executive Council of Hongkong, respecting
leave of absence to Chief Justice Hulme.
Thursday, 10 February, 1859.
"His Excellency The Governor mentioned that he had been given to understand that the Chief Justice had it in contemplation to apply, at no distant period, for leave to proceed to England; but in His Excellency's
opinion such application, if now made, could not be entertained, - from the inability of the Government to provide for the discharge of the important functions of the high office of Chief Justice : it was therefore
unanimously agreed, that the subject