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me such a certificate mast confess I am not surprised at his refusal, for the following reasons, the present Colonial Secretary did not return to the Colony for some time after my leaving the Surveyor General (who recommencted my application to be allowed to resign) had left the Colony before my application for the certificate
Sir John
arrived there
was
Bowring also- and I belive that Dr. Bridges (who the Acting Secretary at the time of my resignation) had
also
also left the Colony. there was
therefore
no one that could
five
hun the Subject
any information
ow
In reply to the application. for refunding the cost of the passage money - I am adviced by counsel to whom the whole facts of the case have been submitted, that Sam not
liable, and beg to enclose a copy of the Counsels opinion. I would again most respectfully draw the attention of this frace the Duke of hewenste to the general hardships that
this appointment entailed
on
me
mreign
Llanes Rees