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85. Subject to the necessities of the Service, officers 
may be granted by the Governor vacation leave on full 
salary not exceeding in all one week’s leave in the 
United Kingdom for every completed calendar month 
of total residential service in West Africa, plus the 
time necessarily taken on the journey to the United 
Kingdom, and, if the officer is returning to West 
Africa for further service, the time necessarily taken 
on the journey from the United Kingdom to the 
Colony. 
No additional leave will be granted in respect of any 
fraction of a month. 
If an officer on vacation leave instead of proceeding 
fo the United Kingdom is allowed by the Governor 
to proceed to another country, the leave in respect of 
the journey or journeys shall be the time necessarily 
taken on the journey to or from such country pro- 
vided that this is not greater than the time necessarily 
taken on the journey to or from the United Kingdom. 
86. Vacation leave may be granted without any 
special grounds after 18 consecutive calendar months 
of residential service in West Africa. An officer will 
not be required to serve a tour of more than 924 
consecutive calendar months’ residential service 
except in special circumstances, and the Governor 
may, should he think fit, grant vacation leave to any 
officer at any time after he has completed 12 con- 
secutive calendar months’ residential service. Within 
the above limits the actual length of each officer's 
tour shall be at the discretion of the Governor, who 
will take into consideration the necessities of the 
service, the character of the station or stations at 
which the officer has been serving, and his medical 
history. 
Vacation leave on full-salary may also be granted 
by the Governor to an officer after less than 12 con. 
secutive calendar months’ residential service in West 
Africa (a) if he is invalided from West Africa or (b) in