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to unpleasant charges against myself, would be :voided by the simple adoption of Mr Wadstone' s
advice.
"All similar inconveniences, (he observes),
would be obviated if the Officer of the Postmaster Sonoral, would affinze the Governor of his intortion, : often as such an intention exists, to addre
address any representation to the Postmaster General against any of the lovernors acts, and would acquaint the Severnier with the purport of such representation, because in that case the Governor's defence and the complaint would reach this country simultaneously.
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In the tive previous cases, Mr. Hyland could urges no representations against my acts, as they were
6 were mere compliances with his -compliances with has desire; but I must observe that he does not appear to have made & correct representation as to the sort of receipt which Irequired for Government epatches. This was the mere affixing of the
Clerk's
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Clerk's initials to a receipt. prepared at the Colonial Office, to ensure the due and timely delivery of "the Despatches for Her Majesty's Government - nature of the climate renders it absolutely to make use of native messengers, in order to guard agairest the blunders of these, and secure Her Majiety's Despatches not
et being left behind, it was considered that the appendage of the Post Office Clerk's initials once a month to a poper / prepared for him), was not imposing too much, trouble or inconvenience upon that functionary, in the exclusive instance of Government lotters. I understand that even now when the persons at the Rst Office are somewhat injudiciousty perhaps) d armed with the authority of their own Department in opposition to the Governor, the signing goes ens from the pure nallity of the objection. I will, merely add in my own defence, that the exercise of moderation, and the obsonance that very salutary rule, not to interfere unnser souly
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