X hereby Certify,
1st, That the above leave was granted to commence on the Fifteenth of December, 1860, and end on the 14th of May, 1861, on the ground of urgent private affairs.
2d, That Dr John I. Murray has served the Crown for Two years, and 4 days.
3d, That in the course of that Service he has been absent on leave on several occasions, at the dates and for the terms specified below, viz:
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No 30.
Victoria, Hong Kong, 26th November, 1860.
Sir,
I have the honor to request you will be good enough to lay before His Excellency the Governor my Application for leave of absence for five months.
In the year 1839, for 7 months and 277 Days.
4th, That provision has been made for the due execution of Dr John I. Murray's Office during his absence by the appointment of Dr Thomas A. Amslie Superintendent of the Civil Hospital.
Her Excellency the Governor.
NOTE.-Officers who may be under the necessity of applying to the Secretary of State for an extension of their leave of absence, are requested to annex this document to their applications; and in order to meet this contingency, it will be furnished to them in duplicate.
Serious domestic affliction urgently calls for my immediate presence at home - I therefore reluctantly make this appeal to His Excellency.
Honble W. T. Mercer, Colonial Secretary.