be authorized to grant a little indulgence if amongst The Student. Interpreters
a cause
of a similar nature
should again occur.
In reply
I have to
offer my regret that I
am unable to sanction the
allowance
you have made
for
Mr. Russell, as I consider
that the practice which is
sufficiently common now
of granting pay to officers, the day on probation
to enable them to proceed
on leave on medical certificate
is weakening salary
in receipt
and is practically trapping them under my peculiar
charge as they must be at
Certain allowances. Not at
all
(Perry's)
being
Hongkong, 21st June, 184%
Mr J. Russell, student interpreter,
convalescent from Typhoid fever,
requires a change to restore him to health,
I therefore
recommend that he be
provided a passage to Formosa by the first opportunity and be granted one month's sick leave.
(signed.) I. Irmay, M.D.
Colonial Surgeon.
(Approved)
Henry John Ball
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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