8.
Cormeal.
inbuck
my
I trust, therefore,
in the
interests of the public service, that
this action will be upheld, not only as regards this particular
case, but in order to put an
end to a
great
deal
of
CORR,
in the Service count
: for little, and there are
precedents for everything. As it happens
there is
no claim
by Captain Reane to whatever indulgence, for he
generally
takes all the leave he
can get on full pay.
7
of discontent which
constantly arises here from
departures from the recognised
- rules of the Service. A
case
arises which the Government considers
exceptional.
This
is immediately
seized upon
as
a
precedent, and
the result is that the rules of
the
Service are undermined.
I informed him that I would give him all the half-pay leave (amounting to seven months) to which he was entitled, but he informed me
that he does not wish to remain
longer away from the Colony than the period he applied for,
namely,
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[8.
-namely, four
months and a
half.
?
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient,
Humble Servant,
Aflameron.