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that his Excellency will give my case his favourable Consideration, and will come to my favourable view that, under the peculiar circumstances even it would be in the best interests of the Public Service that some little time should elapse between my quitting my present post and taking up my duties elsewhere.
A further consideration, which will, I trust, weigh with his Excellency, is that the leave for which I am applying being on account of my work in Hongkong, I shall practically be deprived of the whole of it unless it is granted prior to leaving the Service of the Crown.
If it is decided to consult the Secretary of State on the subject, perhaps His Excellency would not object to requesting His Lordship to intimate his decision by telegraph, as I am naturally anxious to make all necessary arrangements (which include the disposal of my house) at the earliest date possible.
I have to,
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Treasurer
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