Moderation in the style.
Her Majesty's Government have expressed their high approbation of the several details and representations with which they have been furnished by His Excellency's Predecessor, Sir Henry Pottinger, on every point connected with this Colony, and some of the expressions in your paper might be construed into reflections on the proceedings of that distinguished personage, which His Excellency cannot forward with his sanction.
In copying the appendix to which you draw your attention to the necessity of not occupying the time or diverting the attention of the clerks in the Treasury office from their proper duties; and in cases where documents have already been furnished from the different Departments, it might be sufficient merely to refer to them.
I have to
(Signed) Frederick W. A. Bruce.
Colonial Secretary.
A true Copy.
Frederick W. A. Bruce
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