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will not terminate till the 25th November and they respectfully state that their arrangements are proceeding strongly and that apart from considerations of health it would be not only a great hardship to them and their family but would be attended with some pecuniary loss.
I therefore beg of the exigencies of the public service will permit His Lordship will be pleased to allow me leave of absence to proceed to Hong Kong.
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