dix
years' resident service required by Colonial Regulation 119, I have the honour to _ inform you that there was
a
difficulty
Was
in the case,
case, which
duly considered in
Executive Council.
2.
had
Mr Mitchell- Innes
applied for and obtained four months
months' vacation leave from the 27th December last, with the intention of returning in April next to take, mr_ Lockhart's place as Registrar- General
General, that officer having
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applied for twelve months" leave from the beginning of
next month.
On the eve
of mr
3.
Mitchell- Innes' departure, M.
Lockhart requested that his
leave might not be granted.
4.
eds it was M?_
Mitchell-Innes', intention to
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apply for twelve months leave on Mr Lockharts return to duty in April, 1889, in order that he might complete his legal
studies.