Kuntsford,
because it is granted the ground of urgent private affairs, which his Lordship has learned with no regret, & it is hoped that Kady's business be completed in time to Enable him to return at the expiration of his present leave.
(He has lost his wife this month and his father is very ill).
It could not be given any further leave with half salary after your short residence of three months in Hongkong.
I am to add that you had almost the whole of your leave & which your service in B. Honduras Entitled you to receive, and that your service in that Colony cannot be regarded as giving you any claim to further leave from Hongkong.
It has even been the case that officers who have been in Hongkong and that except in cases where an officer has not had leave for a considerable period, but that only in cases of unusual hardship, an officer is not entitled to white an officer...
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Kuntsford,
because it is granted the ground of urgent private affairs, which his Lordship has learned with no regret, & it is hoped that Kady's business be completed in time to Enable him to return at the expiration of his present leave.
(He has lost his wife this month and his father is very ill).
It could not be given any further leave with half salary after your short residence of three months in Hongkong.
I am to add that you had almost the whole of your leave & which your service in B. Honduras Entitled you to receive, and that your service in that Colony cannot be regarded as giving you any claim to further leave from Hongkong.
It has even been the case that officers who have been in Hongkong and that except in cases where an officer has not had leave for a considerable period, but that only in cases of unusual hardship, an officer...
2
456