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additional two months' leave
of
absence
which tour Gpace proposes to grant him, when the leave to which he would be entitled for his service in this colony shall have expired.
2.
at the same time I cannot but
perceive much possible inconvenience
arise from
hereafter as likely to arise
from recognizing
on Service
a claim for leave founded elsewhere. I should have supposed that
Officer accepts promotion
when an
from
one
colony to another, he does so
with a full knowledge of what he
gains
or loses by the Exchange,
that he cannot
carry
unliquidated claims
and
about the world.
or
leave
or
any
other indulgence connected with the
post which he has elected to
relinquish.
3.
It
therefore
seems to me that it
would be safer to grant the two
months' leave in question, rather as
a
special favor than as
of a
right.
debt.
It is in
any
case desirable that
I take it
such a principle, if it be
as entirely novel, should not be established
without full consideration; and I have
therefore felt it right to draw attention to the subject.
Your Grace's
I have the honor to be,
May Lord Luke,
Your Grace's
most obedient,
humble Servant,
Rubred from Macdonnell
Governor.