I hereby certify, that with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of Government,
I have granted to Mr. Thomas W. Barrington, Clerk and Usher of the Supreme Court, Six Months leave of absence.
Government House, Hongkong,
dated seventeenth January 20 1872
Governor.
*I hereby certify, that Mr. Thomas W. Barrington has received Full Salary at the rate of £200 per Annum as Clerk and Usher of the Supreme Court up to the 31 December 1871.
Mr. Barrington has left a Power of Attorney in the Colony to draw his Half Salary during his absence.
Gebirg Smith
Colonial Treasurer.
NOTE.-Officers proceeding on leave of absence are requested to observe, that they will not be enabled to receive Half Salary in England unless this Certificate is duly filled up and signed.
I hereby certify,
1st-That the above leave was granted to commence on the 19th of January and end on the 18th of July 1872 and that the Medical Certificate, of which a copy is appended, was produced on the 17th of January 1872, on the ground of ill health.
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