of
Regulations as to leave
absence, I have the honour
that I
to inform you thought it best to ascertain the views of the officers
concerned, and that, in
response to my
invitation,
a meeting
was held of
which the minutes are
forwarded.
2.
exfter careful.
consideration.
of
the
question,
I am on the whole disposed to agree with the views_
expressed
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expressed that the existing-
tions are better adapted,
regulations
than those proposed
in the
despatch in question, to the conditions of service in -
HongKong.
3.
Officers, after prolonged tropical
residence in a
climate, would, as a rule,
require
a
longer period than
6 months to be restored to
a condition for effective service, and yet might not at the end of that period
br