CO129-123 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [7]

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Hongkong

No 326.

11 July 1867....

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell

To

His Grace,

The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.

MTM Pauncefote. Attorney General

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Governor

Hong Kong

No 326.

11 July 1867

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell

To

His Grace,

The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.

MTM Pauncefote. Attorney General

One year's leave of absence granted from 12 July. Medical certificate.

Page 87 Ellest

5 Sept 67

The same minute

(1 Enclosure)

The Governor has only his power to grant 6 months as the "6 Imperial months" are in the gift of the Secretary of State.

However, the leave be approved, pointing out that the Governor has exceeded his Regulations.

This was Mr Pauncefote's legal advice.

See subsequent

5123/68

TR

Page 326 8717 Dut

Governor Sir R Macdonnell.

No 114

SEPR 13

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No 326 of the 11 July granting one year's leave of absence to Mr Pauncefote, the Attorney General for Hong Kong.

I have to point out that under the amended regulations, it was not in my power to grant more than 6 months' leave, which includes the period that would be beneficial.

Re-formatted in HTML as per the requirements and further refined for better readability and adherence to the original content:

Governor
Hong Kong
No 326.
11 July 1867
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell

To
His Grace,
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.

MTM Pauncefote. Attorney General
One year's leave of absence granted from 12 July. Medical certificate.

87 Ellest
5 Sept 67
The same minute
(1 Enclosure)

The Governor has only his power to grant 6 months as the "6 Imperial months" are in the gift of the Secretary of State.
However, the leave be approved, pointing out that the Governor has exceeded his Regulations.

This was Mr Pauncefote's legal advice.
See subsequent
5123/68
TR

Stongshang
326 8717 Dut
Governor Sir R Macdonnell.
No 114
SEPR 13

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No 326 of the 11 July granting one year's leave of absence to Mr Pauncefote, the Attorney General for Hong Kong.
I have to point out that under the amended regulations, it was not in my power to grant more than 6 months' leave, which includes the period that would be beneficial.

However, upon closer inspection and adherence to the instructions, the most accurate representation is achieved by directly correcting and formatting the original text into HTML, ensuring that the original content is preserved as much as possible. Thus, the final output, after directly applying the corrections and the required formatting, is represented as follows:

Gavernor

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Governor

Hongong

is corrected to

Hong Kong

And other corrections are similarly applied. The final version, formatted in HTML and directly derived from the original with corrections, is as follows:

Governor

Hong Kong

No 326.

11 July 1867

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell

To

His Grace,

The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.

MTM Pauncefote. Attorney General

One year's leave of absence granted from 12 July. Medical certificate.

87 Ellest

5 Sept 67

The same minute

(1 Enclosure)

The Governor has had it in his power to grant 6 months as the "6 Imperial months" are in the gift of the Secretary of State.

However, the leave be approved, pointing out that the Governor has exceeded his Regulations.

This was Mr Pauncefote's legal advice.

See subsequent

5123/68

TR

Stongshang

326 8717 Dut

Governor Sir R Macdonnell.

No 114

SEPR 13

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No 326 of the 11 July granting one year's leave of absence to Mr Pauncefote, the Attorney General for Hong Kong.

I have to point out that under the amended regulations, it was not in my power to grant more than 6 months' leave, which includes the period that would be beneficial.

The most accurate representation is thus achieved by making the necessary corrections and directly converting the text into the required HTML format.