respecting his family remittance.
I can bear
my
• testimony that Mr Marsh was anxious to take the leave of - absence to which he is entitled,
and to
accompany Mrs Marsh
to England, and that he remained
L
at his post entirely on publie publie grounds, and because it was ___ understood that Your Lordship
wished him to do so in the m
contingency of the Governor going
year .
on leave this
3.
Morcover, Mr. Marsh
has
has now
completed 37 years'.
"270
honourable and most useful publie
years
were
service; thirty of which spent in Mauritius; and it appears equitable that he should retain et Hongkong the privilege of remittance
at
at
& par which he possessed in the former island. The new rule laid down in this Colony
in 1876, should, I venture to submit, be applied only to those who have entered the Colonial Service of the Crown after that date, and not to officers, who, like Mr. Marsh, have spent the
best