Edmund Sharp by :
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Hongkong
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MINUTE. 30 Dec
"Mor. Round 20th Feet Mor. Meade. 31 Dec
Mr. Holland.
Mor. Herbert. Mor. Hugessen. Lord Kimberley.
Copy Gov. No 1-1- Jan. 1873
507
1 January 1873
In reply to your letter of the 24 Dec,
I am directed by the Earl of Kimberley to inform you that his Lordship will not require you to see Sir R. Martin but that he will allow you to remain on leave without salary for the present pending a reference on this subject to the Governor. Should Sir Arthur Kennedy report that your continued absence will be inconvenient to the Public Service, you