Heonghing.
Nr 158.
17th November 1866.
Governor
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell,
Right Honorable
C. B.
Duplicate
?
Surveyor General's Office.
The
70
Victoria, 15th November, 1866.
Having returned only
Sir,
1.
a few months from
one
year's
The Earl
of
Carnarvon,
Pension
J. Co. Power, 124 Clerk in the Surveyor General's office
Application of
to retire from 31st January
1867.
Recommended
2 Enclosures
leave of absence to England,
regret to have to inform you
that during
the last Summer
my vigour has been as
prostrated, and
my health as
weak, as it was in the last
Summer previously to my
going home; and having arrived at the critical age of
man,
I felt it necessary to consult the Colonial Surgeon, who is of opinion that I have
already
The Hon'ble W. T. Mercer, Esquire:
Colonial Secretary.