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hot season in
Japan. Owing
to the severe
accident from which I
suffered during
six weeks of my
the last
recent
visit to England, my
health derived but
comparatively little benefit
from
the
change;
(
Under the circumstances
I trust that Your Lordship
will be able to permit
me
to take, besides the usual vacation leave of six weeks,
a
further month's leave on half pay
on the understanding
that I return here at once:
on
and my
medical advisers both in
England and Hongkong
seriously
have cautioned me against residence here during the hot months.
Under
receipt of a telegram that my presence is for any
reason
required.
Mr. Fleming will,
I understand, be back
here in August; but should
You.
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