Engage in private practice for
But the present
Ceylo
1506/209.
case differs
these rulings, because
outside ther
from all of
the employment Colony during
was
leave, tham not
As to Main
aware that we ever interfere with
doing
a man what he can
what he likes during
leave of absence
spent outside the Colony. Private practice
see minuter
Jamaica
845/89.
of fowing leave in the colony is forbidden by law, which is singularly ridiculous
however
convenient.
such private practice past
the borders
in a case
of fowing, where those who engaged the officer's
services were no doubt residents in
or closely connected with the Colony. And I cannot help feeling that M. Boulton intended to conceal from the
to the object of his visit to Ceylon. W. Fleming has in private letters
for Men P.W.D.
stated that he has reasons
suspecting officers of
being corrupt & that he is making careful Enquiries into the matter, &
I think we might be wary of these officers in a place like Hong Kong.
? Reply that the 1870 despatch
as also the despatch on 10060/02 referred
only related directly to private work undertaken in the Colony, and
that the Circular of 1st Dec. 1886 (last sentence) prohibited such work undertaken in the Colony during leave, but Lord Knutsford is of opinion
that the prohibition both during service & during leave must be
understood to extend to all private work undertaken in or near the Colony for persons or firms residing in the Colony
or connected with
which definition
presumably the
qualification covers M.
Et Boulton's employers.
on this occasion
and his Lordship therefore thinks that W. Boulton might not have
undertaken this work &
to give any reason. The officer applied for the leave apparently for purposes of relaxation from work &
gave no intimation to
the officer of the objects of his journey;
and that an
cannot be allowed to plead
ignorance of the rules
of service.
but suggest that this
rule be again notified to the service & Explained
as above
5.W.9.30/10/900
Leave is granted to recuperate his
health. It may be
complained