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is, that the Clerk was at that time absent on leave, and that another person was engaged to do his duty, which fact rather would imply that his services were necessary.
M. Miles, who was the Clerk in question, died in England at the end of October 1848, and a successor was appointed to him (Bur. Hare) by Lord Grey vide Despatch dated the 23rd of February 1848.
I am to request that you will submit these circumstances to their Lordships, and suggest that there hardly appear to be sufficient grounds for suffering the abolition of this office to be effected with advantages. I am …
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