CO129-156 - Sir MacDonnell - 1872 [1-3] — Page 229

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2

£28

present granted to Officers of ; frequently combining vacation leave with half pay leave.

There are two reasons, why I think Her Majesty's Government should at least bear the subject in mind. The first and perhaps the principal reason is the injurious and often fatal effect on Civil Officers themselves, and the depreciating effect thereby on the work done by them - in consequence of their injudiciously neglecting to avail themselves of their vacation leave at the time when it would most benefit them.

The tendency to hoard it, as it were, out before therefor only after so they may con with a view to adding to the amount of their emolument and the length of their half pay leave at a more convenient period is very general. On the other hand, I maintain it to be most useful to use vacation leave frequently, at least in this climate, which by no means is a bad one, provided the opportunity of occasionally breaking a residence here be afforded and availed of. At least that is my experience, and I shall always believe that if I could have absented myself from duty for two or three months in 1869, I would have escaped the protracted and nearly fatal...

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2 £28 present granted to Officers of ; frequently combining vacation leave with half pay leave. There are two reasons, why I think Her Majesty's Government should at least bear the subject in mind. The first and perhaps the principal reason is the injurious and often fatal effect on Civil Officers themselves, and the depreciating effect thereby on the work done by them - in consequence of their injudiciously neglecting to avail themselves of their vacation leave at the time when it would most benefit them. The tendency to hoard it, as it were, out before therefor only after so they may con with a view to adding to the amount of their emolument and the length of their half pay leave at a more convenient period is very general. On the other hand, I maintain it to be most useful to use vacation leave frequently, at least in this climate, which by no means is a bad one, provided the opportunity of occasionally breaking a residence here be afforded and availed of. At least that is my experience, and I shall always believe that if I could have absented myself from duty for two or three months in 1869, I would have escaped the protracted and nearly fatal...
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2 £28 present granted to Officers of ; frequently combining vacation leave with half pay leave. There a are tivo reasons, why I think Her Mazesty's Government should at least bear the subject in mind _ The first and perhaps the principal reason is the injitrious and often fatal effect on Civil Officers themselves, and the depreciating effect thereby. on the work done by them - im consequents/ of their injudiciously neglecting but the to avail themselves leave at the of only off their vacation 1 100 time when it would mast benefit them. The tendency to hoard it, Спать здес it were out before therefor only afis L Jes so they com may con with a view to adding to the an mount of their emolument and the length of their half pay leave ut a more convenient period is very general- On the other hand I maintain it to be most useful to use vacation leave of requently at lost in this climate, it is comparatively by ag no means a bad one, provided the opportunity of occasionally breaking a residence here be afforded and, Near & availed of: At least that is 3 menda "par 3 months my experience, and I shall always believe that if I could have absented myself of ram duty for two months in 1869 - I would have escaped the protruoted and nearly fatal__ bracated
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2

£28

present granted to Officers of ; frequently combining vacation leave with half pay leave.

There

a

are tivo reasons, why I think Her Mazesty's Government

• should at least bear the subject in mind _ The first and perhaps the principal reason is the

injitrious and often fatal effect on Civil Officers themselves, and the

depreciating effect thereby.

on the

work done by them - im consequents/ of their injudiciously neglecting but the

to avail themselves

leave at the

of

only off

their vacation 1 100

time when

it would mast benefit them.

The tendency to hoard it,

Спать здес

it were out

before

therefor only afis

L

Jes

so they com

may con

with a view to adding to the

an

mount

of their emolument and the length of their half pay leave ut a more convenient period is very general- On the other hand I maintain it to be most useful to use vacation leave of requently at lost in this climate,

it is comparatively by

ag

no means a bad one, provided the opportunity of occasionally breaking a residence here be afforded and, Near & availed of: At least that is

3 menda

"par 3 months

my

experience, and I shall always believe that if I could have absented myself of ram duty for two months in 1869 - I would have escaped the protruoted and nearly fatal__

bracated

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