2d.-That
The Honorable William Hepburn Bennie
has been in the Service of the Colony for...
... years,
& Months and 25th
14 Days; being from 12th December, 1857 to 25 May, 1867
3rd. 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.
... Year,
& Months and 23 Days, beginning
on the 30th March, 1860, and
ending
the 21st September 1861, (including 5 months and 23 days without Salary)
RECEIVED
JULY 26
1867
Circular
4th. That provision has been made for the due execution of
Mr Bennie's
The Honorable
Vacation
office during his absence by
Mr da Silva in the Colonial Department and by Mr. Pirkis in the Consular Department.
Total period of Service (as above). Years. Months Aggregate Absences (as above).. Period of Resident Service *Maximum Leave grantable . Leave already taken ... Leave now granted.....ordinary Vacation Leave...* Viz., one-sixth of the Resident Service, plus six months.
Ella Dornell
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.
N3 287.
Government House, Hongkong, 29th May, 1867
In compliance with the
terms of Your Lordship's Circular of the 16th
March last, I have the honor to report that
on the 21st instant I was
informed by Mr
Robill? (or Robson?), Consul for Russia, that he had:
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State,