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occurrence that houses and more frequently pawnbrokers' shops are robbed of a large amount of property by gangs of robbers who set the authorities at defiance.
These are the statements that have chiefly attracted my notice; doubtless many passed unnoticed. The evidence abounds with contradictions.
In venturing to make these observations, I would not be supposed to give it as my opinion that all the assertions of so many witnesses, with some of whom I was on terms of intimacy, and whose I always considered honorable men are entirely groundless; probably many abuses existed that have escaped my notice, all that I urge is, that there has been much exaggeration, that measures have been adopted for the general welfare, and protection of the inhabitants, with good faith and the best intentions; that I have striven to the utmost of my power, and I can say the same of all the Officers of my late Department, as well as of others of the Government, to actify in every way that I have always had, and continue to have entire confidence in the prosperity of the Colony, believing that by forwarding the
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