Y.
sir,
Chambers,
Supreme Court, Hongkong,
14th. April, 1908.
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REC?
ww 28 MAY 08
By despatch of 8th. October, 1906, the
Secretary of State decided that the Chief Justice was not
entitled to take more than six weeks' full pay leave outside
the Colony in respect of any one year, whether such leave is
taken during the Court vacation or not. As the decision
operates prejudicially to the Chief Justice I have the honour to
beg Your Excellency to forward to the Secretary of State the
request that he be pleased to relax the stringency of this rule
as interpreted by the above mentioned despatch.
2.
I desire in the first place to point out
the result of this decision. It is well understood in the
service that the accumulation of 3 months full pay leave furnish
-es a Civil Servant in a distant Colony, with a fund out of
which he can defray the costly travelling expenses of a journey
to and from England for himself and wife, before going on a
spell of half pay leave.
If therefore the Chief Justice goes for a
short holiday during the Long Vacation, he will, in consequence
of the ruling, lose so much of the full pay leave; and it
therefore practically forces him to spend the Long Vacation in
the Colony; or else, if he takes 3 months in 2 years, postpon-
-ing his long leave for 4 or 5 years, he must take it at a time
when it is manifestly inconvenient to the conduct of the
business of the Court.
3.
I shall content myself with urging the
principal reason why it is essential that the Chief Justice
should be able to get away for a few weeks after the extreme
Excellency
Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G.,
heat
Governor,
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