Enclosure
562
Government Civil Hospitals.
Hongkong,
My Lord Marquis,
18th December 1885
C. O. 1585
REC Reel 28 AN 90
I have the honour respectfully to lay before your Lordship the undermentioned facts, setting forth the advantages and disadvantages under which the Medical Staff in this Colony labour, with a view that, after due consideration of all the facts hereunder set forth, your Lordship may be pleased to grant the relief in the premises.
2. Under the Rules and Regulations of the Colonial Service, an officer applying for vacation leave is entitled to full pay or long leave on half pay...
The Right Honourable
The Marquis of Ripon, K.G.,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,