I have been granted leave from a Colony in which I have held Office, not only on account of the number of years I spent in the climate of Java, but also on account of the injury my health experienced in the Autumn of 1853 when I suffered severely from the all but deadly fever of the West Indies.
I believe the period of leave is within that [18 months] prescribed by custom or precedent for Public Officers stationed in the East.
Further, I may be allowed to plead that my health is not sufficiently re-established to render it safe that I should proceed to Hong Kong, considering the approaching hot season.
At the same time, the expense I have recently incurred by returning to Europe, together with the uninterrupted Medical Aid I have had to call in ever since my arrival in England, render it a matter of imperative necessity that I should solicit that I may not be deprived of my half salary, as intimated in your letter of the 16th instant.
I also appeal to His Grace's kindness and humanity that I may not suffer by any restrictions of which I had no knowledge at the time I applied for only twelve months' leave of absence.
In conclusion, I have to state that Dr. Murray, the Colonial Surgeon of Southampton, has this day paid me a professional visit and handed me the accompanying Certificate.
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