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practice.
2.
The points submitted were two- and
two only- Firstly - "The House and Furniture of
Stanford being confessedly lawfully forfeited to his conviction, does the fact of the
"the Crown on
"Tropic being the property of the Firm of which
"Stanford
was a member render her exempt from a like forfeiture?
"goods found on board equally free on the
documents transmitted home. All these
documents
have seen; then you
were all that
the Government possessed, and that the Corresponding,
was dis
disjointed, if disjointed it were, is what the holds itself responsible
Government by
no me ano
3. Heis Execellency is eny
Your statement that
you
to observe
were "not consulted on
"the letter of the Superintendent of Police of 27 thá
for.
and seemaly, are the
were
only placed
ground
on Board the Tropic
for your
adrice" in
These were the sole questions put by
very
you
"that they "for safe custody?"
"
His Excellency the Acting Governor, who is - perfectly ready to shew
should
you
you
the Draft Despatch wish a perusal of it. On these
points your formally expressed opinions as given
official
letters
wvere
included
among
the
'August 1862"- That letter was duly "Submitted
letter No 563 of that my date, and acknowledged and answered by in a letter dated 14 September following.
4.
He is Excellency cannot coneur in
you suggestion that there was no necessity for a
to the Colonial office. He considered reference to the Colonial
it expedient to make such reference, and has