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It
would seem that a garble
and false version of these instructionsi
The Secretary of estate reached eller bur
by
-some means which I have been matt
to ascertain, and he founded thereon:
an abusive article in the Daily Pres
of
which I can only say that it contains
an unusual number of misstatement
and absurdities even
that somewhat
notorious journal - The burthen of
the alleged grievance being that othe Alexander though absent from his
| Office
was
by
some new arrangement!
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means that the circular is not being
uded on now
I e
@aw
only
answer that
he is not correctly informed - If these Surmises as to his real meaning should both be incorrect I can then only say
I have not the least idea what he can mean. In
it is gratifying
any
Case
to find that a professed exposer of abuses
lan
find nothing more substantial to complain of.
The Colonial Surgeon's report
ublished in the Government
for 1859
was
to receive the greater portion of the fuo "In the second place. The annual whereas the truth was, as I have state reports of the loolonial Surgeon for that Mr. Alexander was not while the last three years, namely 1859, 1860 Gazette of the 17th March 1860 and was absent to receive any portion whatsoever and 1861, have been suppressed. That transmitted to The Secretary of State with
I think therefore that the first is to say, they have never been- charge in the letter now transmitted
published in the local Gazelle
the Blue Book
for The Report
that
year.
1860 was in consequence
is intended to have some connection, as was the invariable custom formerly" of Dr. Murray's absence in Europe not
with the imaginary grievance. ll's Murrow has published in his. paper- and if he means that the Circular of The Secretary of State was not acted on when olly Alxander ww absent in 1887 and 1858 I can only say that Sir John Bowring, or Dr. Bridges then Acting Colonial Secretary; if applied to would probably point out as a reason that the Circular did not reach
this bolony until one year Alexander's departure
year after Mr ! on leave. If he
as
2
received in time to be included in the Blue
Book
for
that
but it was year,
forwarded
me to The Secretary of State in Despatch N2109 of 4th July 1861 and Rokinowledged, in Despatch Downing Street N$ 94 of. 44 October 1861.
This Report however, was not
published by
I am not
award:
me in the Gazette because
amy
order requiring
publication of it, and because such a- step would not in my opinion have been for the good of the finôlic Service - The