With reference to your letter of
December last, in which my
application for an extension of leave was refused,
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I have the
honor to inform you that as I found it impossible to return from
Canada in time to report myself before the expiration of my
leave, I
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have no option but to tender my resignation of my post
as Clerk to the Gold Commissioner of the
Columbia District, in
the Colony of
British Columbia.