A
Goverun in his expacity of Superintendent
on a visit to any
the Ports, and the Lieutenant-Governor
of Trade being
um of
0)
compelled from illuers
r any
other
cause to leave the Colony, as has
been the case on more
occasion.
-
than
me
be proof that the Honorable Me Mercer has very frequently acted (always with the approval if the Governor ) a reference to the letter Books of my office with shew-
me
that in 1848. Letters 1:258 to 235 bear
This signature "for the Colonial Scentary. In 1849 1.83 and from 318 to 329- du 43 to 49 and in April 1852
1850
from
No 35 to 33 are also signed by him
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101
I quote then, all being prion to the period particularly referred to by the Chief Clerk in Forcumber 1850, when I was on leave, and
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by some
inadvertency it appears from the Memorial of 11894lmada e Castro,
him before leaving,
I did not
inform
that Ms Mercer was to take my
duties, it is not improbable that
this omission on
my
part may have
taken place, eecing that I considered M Mercer's reting for
Matter
of
Course
me as a
The fret of the Chief Clerk signing the letters 287 and 288, for the Colonial Secretary on the 5 E Fovember 1852 during my absence, and when
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