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I therefore beg to state that I have availed myself of the three months granted by His Grace on the Condition that I should receive half salary during that period and have accordingly come to town purposely to make arrangement to subscribe for Hongkong in the British ship Baninic sail[ing] on the Ensuring month.

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Jno. Thornton, Chief Clerk, Department, Hongkong.

Reduces No.3.

I transmit to you for your information a copy of a correspondence between Mr. Josef Thornton, The Starlon Marten Office, Hongkong, and this department in relation to extension of leave of absence from the Colony, for a further period of three months.

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With the highest respect, Jno. Thornton, Chief Clerk, Department, Hongkong.


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I therefore beg to state that I have availed myself of the three months granted by His Grace on the Condition that I should receive half salary during that period and have accordingly come to town purposely to make arrangement to subscribe for Hongkong in the British ship Baninic sail[ing] on the Ensuring month. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Jno. Thornton, Chief Clerk, Department, Hongkong. Reduces No.3. I transmit to you for your information a copy of a correspondence between Mr. Josef Thornton, The Starlon Marten Office, Hongkong, and this department in relation to extension of leave of absence from the Colony, for a further period of three months. Page ... ... With the highest respect, Jno. Thornton, Chief Clerk, Department, Hongkong. XCR(85)72 GR1178/1922/32(III) Page information should be kept if available, e.g. Page 1 ... Page 1 becomes Page XX ... Page XX has been removed as it is not in the original text. The original text has been formatted according to the rules, with the correction of spelling errors, removal of extra spaces, and rejoining of broken sentences. The text is now in HTML format using for paragraphs.
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