for in that,
A leave. My reason
as quickly as pro can to on by tus post ) for an extension afplication (which I am sending for Woking
Will for kindly get me and enter
I am now all si flet again.
1th gets any
Coldin
Enough place. The air there days very good, but latterly is
has him too cold for being much
South, if I can find a cheap
hive, I shall have to mois further
out of doors.
The proven of Naples find. Sirman.
Dear Sir G.
O' Brien
0.0.
JAN. 23. 1895
497
Lord Ripon has told me to write to you about your
request for an extension of leave. He would readily do anything he could-
for you after your long and good service, but it would not do to do
more for a highly placed official than for a less important man. It is a
rule of the service which perhaps you know, never
to give an extension
judging from the certificate
of leave when it is certain that retirement is inevitable-
this is I fear
your case.
He thinks therefore that it would be only right
*
& in your
to
*
own interests for you to take your pension & try to regain your healb.
The medical certificate you inclose is about six months old;
but I con-
clude from your sending it in that it accurately represents the present
condition of health. It can therefore be accepted if my surmise is correct.
I hope that once freed from anxiety as to whether you will or will not bel
able to return to HongKong, that you will soon regain your health,
d
be
You need have no fear that with your abilities
able to take reemployment")
and reputation there will be any disinclination to offer you further employ-
- ment merely because you have taken a pension. Lord Ripon will not
direct any official answer to be sent to you till you reply to this letter.
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that
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batte coudound
to feglon in that capacity, wven of four such an iden pepilte. daily wanting in now, on at one time