2nd.-That
The Honourable John Small
has been in the Service of the Colony for eighteen years, 43 months.
3rd. That in the course of that Service he has been absent on leave on several occasions, at the dates
and for the terms specified below, viz.:
1st-For
2nd.-
and 23 days Eighteen Months beginning on
the 1st April, 1865,
and ending on the 23rd October, 1866.
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Sir R. Macdonnell
No.146
Downing Street,
13 September.
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3rd.-
will be
4th.- That provision he made for the due execution of Mr. Small's
Office during his absence by arrangements which will be reported in our subsequent communication.
1. Total Service, from date of arrival in the Colony to date of Certificate.....
Years.
Months.
3
I am directed by the Secretary of State to acknowledge
the receipt of your Despatch No. 754 of the 20th
and to convey
to you
the confirmation of the leave of absence for five months
which you have granted to the Chief Justice Small
on 15 July.
2. Deduct total Absences since arrival (other than Vacation leave),
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
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
Humble Servant,
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 requested
to annex this document to their applications, and in order to meet this contingency, it will be furnished to them in duplicate.
The Officer administering
the Government of
Hong Kong