2nd. - That The Honorable Hervey John Balls
has been in the Service of the Colony for eighteen months.
years, and
3rd. That in the course of that Service he has been absent on leave on several occasions, at the day
and for the terms specified below, viz. :-
{
Months beginning on...
and ending on.....
2nd.-
3rd.
4th.---That provision has been made for the due execution of Ball's
Office during his absence by arrangements which will be reported in a subsequent
communication..
Years.
Months.
1. Total Service, from date of arrival in the Colony to date of Certificate... 2. Deduct total Absences since arrival (other than Vacation leave), Nil whether with or without Half Salary 3. Period of Resident Service 4. Maximum amount of Leave authorized by Regulations in respect of the above period of Resident Service (viz., of Resident Service + Six Months) 5. Leave on Half Salary already taken, since first arrival in the Colony 6. Leave now granted 7 + 10Quid frams &
3 Frans Mandarmell
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 to annex this document to their applications, and in order to meet this contingency, it will be furnished to them in duplicate.
Downing Street,
26 April 1869
directed by the Secretary of State to acknowledge
the receipt of your Despatch No.660 of the 5th of hand
and to
convey
to
you
for
the
confirmation of the leave of absence
months which
have
you
granted to
Mr. Hervey John Ball, Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, Hongkong.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
Humble Servant,
The Officer administering
the Government of