despatch from the Secretary of State directing the Inquiry to be held, it was competent for the Council to inquire into the conduct of those who had left the Public Service.
Enclosure No.6 is a copy of a reply which was addressed to Mr. Caldwell by my instructions, informing him that I could not, on public grounds as well as in justice to himself, accept his resignation at that stage of the Enquiry, but that until the close of it I was ready to discontinue all stoppages from his Salary;
Enclosure No.7 is Mr. Caldwell's rejoinder declining to withdraw his resignation, and intimating that he had given over charge of the "Registrar General's department to the chief clerk M. T. Turner.
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