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pay to Dr. Ayres, the Colonial Surgeon, who has been in bad health for some time past, and who has not had a day's leave for the past eleven years. Dr. Ayres proposes to go to Japan, thence to San Francisco and back for a sea voyage.
2. Dr. Ayres naturally had difficulty in getting a person to perform his duties during his vacation leave without cost to the public, and with the least sacrifice of his own emoluments. The only arrangement that he could propose was that Dr. Jordan, a private practitioner, should undertake his duties, and this arrangement was approved in Executive Council. Dr. Jordan is M.D. (Edin.), M.R.C.P. (England), and has held the appointments of House Surgeon to the Dorchester County Hospital, of Officiating Resident Accoucheur, St. Thomas Hospital, and of Ophthalmic Assistant to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. He has ...
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