My Lord,
I have the honour to report that I have, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, granted ten months' leave of absence from the 16th instant to Mr. Joseph Thornton, 1st Clerk in the Surveyor General's Office.
The Right Honorable
Earl Granville, K.G.,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies.
Government House, Hong Kong,
5th April, 1869.