Owing to delays in telegraphic communication it was not known until yesterday that Major F. W. Gerrard, although he had booked to return in the Empress of Canada, had not been allowed to embark from Japan as he was without a permit to jand in Shanghai. His delayed telegram conveying an intimation of that fact to the Council was received yesterday. It is understood that the Council" has extended the leave granted to him by a month.
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