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DRAFT.
HONG KONG
No. 116
You.
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Sir,
Downing Street,
10 APR 1928
March 1928.
I have, etc., to ack. the receipt
of your despatch No. 34 of the 16th of
January, regarding the grant of leave
of absence to officers serving on
agreements for a limited period.
ements for
2.
it is diffiendl
I am advised that the
10 reconcile the
the General Orders of the Colony
fect of
With the
of+
the
statement
Lamoun
contract
quoted
in paragraph 3 of your despatch, i
but that upon the Whole
possible of a number of solutions and
that on the whole, the most logical
Ws. Secentile
construction is as follows:-
isas
The letter of appointment contain-
ing the words quoted provides a contract
for (1) the grant of the half pay leave
mentioned, and (2) the grant of vacation
leave in accordance with the General
Orders of the Colony relating to such
leave.