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CONSID ATIMAL
COPY
ORIGINAL
ON 28510 C.R.
GVERNMENT HOUSE,
A6111939
HONG KONG.
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15 teceber, 1938.
mir,
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6/53896/38
20/53896/38.
THE RIGHT HU
ive the honour to refer to your stuff
confidential des atc.. of 25th November, 1,38,
regarding an extension o. leave granted to Mr. K.
s. l. laynard, Senior lcrioul an Acounting Staff, Hong Kong, o gro nds of argent private
affairs.
2.
in paragraph 3 of your des,utch o. 143
of 24th kay, 1938, it was stated that it is tre
generul rile in tcolonial Service tut such extensions of leave are only granted without ay, and on this rinci le sub-section (3) of the draft of General order 176 B, which accompanied my des,utch No. 821. of 9th November, 1938, prescribes that, if an officer has already taken the maximu: an unt of leave which he may be grunted at un one time, ang extension of love granted on grounds of urgent privea de adfuirs will be with it pay, notwithstanding that the officer my love furt. er
du s on the crenit side of his leave account.
3.
The extension now grunted to ar. Luynard would appear to be inconsistent with this principle
HALCUL MAJD. NAUD
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