them a certain claim to it.
Give them
is
that. It's Excellency doth dat approve of Your refusing M. Consul treating
claim
on account of a matter referred to the Supreme Court, and
that while Mr. Newman hold, the
Office of Consul. His Excellency is of opinion that the privilege should be conceded to him, inasmuch
as it is granted to the Office, and
not to the Individual.
The evidence as to
your personal deportment is so contradictory that His Excellency does not feel himself able to give
his
opinion, but he does expect
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And require that the functionaries of Her Majesty's Government
shall exercise their Authority with gentlemanly and becoming demeanor.
I have etc.
(Signed) W. T.
Mercer Colonial Secretary.
Free Copy.
Hobart Territory.
Received
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