CO129-243 - Public Offices & Others - 1889 — Page 604

passage than he is to

the passage

country.

to thin

If however, as I

gather is the case,

the leave was

granted

to W. Ehlers in advance

of the proper

Time

on

account of urgent private affairs, I think

it would not

be

unreasonable to allow

him free passages

always,

on

both

the understanding

that the current five years period should be Completed

on his return

to the Colony, before the

next five years

begin to count.

If you

see

no objection to this

course, the Agents might be authorized to refund

the passage money

to

him on his returning, and not

in the event provided

he returns to the Colony,

but not if he retires.

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