early
answer/
to
my application for
I have se.
(Signed) HJ. Fred. Gibbons.
leave.
(Copy)
W. 20.
184
Acting Colonial Secretary to St. I Gibbons,
Esq:-
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 7th January 1881.
For reply to letters of the 3rd and 5th instant. I have the honor, by direction of the Governor, to inform you that His Excellency is pleased to grant you leave of absence.
His Excellency has been...
(Signed) Frederick Stewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
St. I Gibbons Esq:-
te.