CO129-047 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1854 [8-12] — Page 19

Judge's absence wittout precious Communication with the officer

Rbuincething the forument

Abuínistuving

muet, I crecive, be sufficiently

was seriously

airaccnt; and in the end of May list this diendrautage feit, when, important matters coming before the regisiative Council,

it was

Mz "discovered that Mr Sterling

was absent, in Maeno. On that

that in

recasion imagining

the altered system consequence of the altered

of administration sinca Sir George. Braham's departure, Mr Sterling might be under some misconception as to his relation to the Officer

ahuinistering.

I asked Sir John

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Bouring if M: Sterling had obtained leave of absence from His Mcellency,

whose reply

was

wno in the negative,

with the additional remark that

had M. Sterling arplied to him, he would have referred him to myself.

3. The present state of the whole

mainland of China in the

A

is

ناء

neighbourhood of this colony i uch that though not immucdiately probable,

be

it is remotely possible that the necistance of the Judge may imperatively and Suddeniy necessary to a meeting of the Incentive Council, called to comiter

the propriety of putting the island

SEP.