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his part, felt it to be his duty to point out to the Officer Commanding the Troops the propriety of acting in a spirit of harmony and cooperation with the civil Authorities, thus preventing the obstruction to the Public Service occasioned by such correspondence as the present, and would request Mr Labouchere to address a similar admonition to Sir George Barrow for the guidance of the Officers of the Colonial Government.
It appears from the Town Major's letter of the 19th May that the Officer Commanding the Troops adopted the circuitous course of addressing a letter through the Town Major to the Colonial Secretary to request an interview, which interview, as would appear from the subsequent correspondence, was not granted. It is scarcely necessary to remark that Her Majesty's Service must suffer if the communication between the various departments is rendered so difficult.
I have, &c.,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant