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the six months allowed.
will have time,
as
you
His Excellency
hopes, to make all necessary preparations, and due facilities can be provided for the conduct of the Public business.
I have
(Signed) I. Gardiner Austin,
Colonial Secretary.
Jane Cory)
Gordia Martin
Colonial Secretary
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Sir,
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Yonghong, 24 January, 1872
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt at 10 o'clock a.m. on
the 30th December last
of your letter of that date
communicating to
me that His Excellency, the Governor has been
pleased to grant
me leave of
absence as from the present
time for six months and fifteen days.
The Honorable
Gardiner Austin,
J. Gare
Colonial Secretary