I have &c. (Signed) Hercules R. Robinson, Governor & Commander in Chief
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March 5th 1861.
Sir,
I have perused with care and attention Sir Hope Grant's letter to His Excellency The Governor on the subject of controlling and checking the sale of intoxicating liquors to Soldiers.
I fully agree with the Commander-in-Chief in opinion that the vice of drunkenness prevails to a
The Honble. W. T. Mercer, Esq Colonial Secretary