22-The Thearman Godfrey Bird, Cequires
2d.--That
has been in the Service of the Colony
Three
years,
three months
and 9 days; 183: from 15th March 1864 to 23rd
June, 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. :
4th. That provision has been made for the due execution of
Total period of Service (as above). Years. Months. Aggregate Absences (as above)... 3 Period of Resident Service 13 #1 *Maximum Leave grantable Leave already taken. Leave now granted................* Viz., one-sixth of the Resident Service, plus six months,
office during his absence
Frans Martin
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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I certify that Mr Shearman G. Bird has been ailing for some time past. He has
been in this climate, has been permanently since 1862 and has gradually been feeling more and more the effects of the climate. Symptoms of febrile and bilious disease have become so prominent of late that I strongly recommend him not to risk next summer.
but to be forced to hope in the Spring if practicable to go to the hills or to return to his friends in Hong Kong.
(signed) J. J. Murray, M.D.
Colonial Surgeon.
(Area Copy)
Harcourt Ball
Acting Colonial Secretary