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He was told that it was against practice to transmit papers to the Secretary of State under such circumstances, and it was pointed out to him that it was unnecessary in his case as out of the 104 pages 98 or nearly all were already before you, and the final 6 introduced - without concluding, a fresh subject on which you have been duly advised.
He was also assured when his printed documents were completed, they should receive every consideration, and be forwarded if necessary, for your information.
Upon this answer Mr. Tarrant wrote another letter to your address, and as all the correspondence on this has been transmitted to you directly by Mr Tarrant, I have only to observe that the reply of the Colonial Secretary was not that the printed papers should not be forwarded but that the greater part had already been forwarded.
If the matter in Regina V. Tarrant be found such as has not been sent to the