2. That the J. Mercer
has been in the Service of the Colony for 3 years,
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vizi from 14th February, 1844, to 13th May, 1887.
3rd. That in the course of that Service he has been absent on leave on several occasions, at the dates
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and for the terms specified below, viz. :—
1st For 4 months and 22 days beginning on the 20th June, and ending on the 12th November 1877.
2nd For 1 year, 5 months, and 22 days beginning May, 1850, and ending on the 14th November, 1851.
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3rd For 1 year, 9 months, and 7 days, beginning on the 15th February 1857, and ending on the 23rd November, 1859.
4th For 8 months and 22 days, beginning on the 15th October 1861, and ending on the 6th July, 1862.– (including 2 months and 22 days without Salary.)
4th. -- That provision has been made for the due execution of Mr Mercer's office during his absence by the appointment of Mr Henry John Ball.
Total period of Service (as above) Years Months Days 23 3 4 Aggregate Absences (as above) 4 2.1 Period of Resident Service 10 15 *Maximum Leave grantable 18 3 4 Leave already taken (exclusive of absence without salary) Leave now grantedViz., one-sixth of the Resident Service, plus six months.
To go to Dylane Byland Rellandonnell
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.
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RECEIVED
C:0: JULY 3 1867
8 Government House, Army Row, St. May, 1857.
My Lord Duke,
I regret much to have to record that intelligence having reached Mr Pennies, the Auditor General, of the dangerous illness of his only surviving Parent he feels obliged to request leave of absence.
His Grace The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State,