I have the honor to request that the leave of absence granted me
may be extended from the 1st to the 20th of July.
Governor Musgrave in granting my leave fixed upon the
1st of
July as being the day on which
British Columbia would probably
become part of the Dominion of Canada, and now that the
20th of
July has been decided on, I trust
Lord Kimberley
will be pleased to sanction my
leave being extended to that date.
Such extension would be a great boon to me, as I have found it
impossible in the few weeks I have been in England to arrange
several matters of business about which I have come home.