Is HUD
341,
In separate
5869 Hong King.
706
very
I Pauncefote has been
ill. On the voyage
home he
became much worse than when
he left the Colony, and for some
time his condition was serious.
I do not hesitate to give
my opinion that in such a case highly able and deserving
where an
Officer is
compelled to remain in unhealthy conditions beyond his control, and at a great sacrifice,
he
ought to be allowed to draw his half salary for the additional
period of six months' leave
granted by the Secretary of State.
In the present case moreover there is not the general motive of policy which dictates the withholding of half pay after a certain period. The object of that
course