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by, and initiative of,.
a new and improved
system of Rate collection. It is not efficient
for you
to say
that the insertion in pencil
of
to see that
you
irregular, and the clerical error inordinate; it was your duty no such irregularity occurred, and had not most improperly signed the paper in blank, there would have been some possibility at least that the
wrong
date
and the irregular pencil insertion might
have been avoided.
On
your
Postscript I am to remark that
nothing in clause XIX of the ordinance exonerates the Colonial Treasurer from a proper discharge of his duties.
Unpleasant as it is to make these strictures, they
unfortunately rendered necessary by the tone of your letter and the
matter is now assuming a very serious
appearance, for
course
of draft
an
as this letter is in
Official is received from the
the Acting Judge of the Summary Jurisdiction Court, who forwards
one
of
your notices, points out its irregularity, and reports the impossibility of issuing
upon it those
very
you
warrants which yourself represented as having been issued
the past Instant.-
The notice is signed by you
and similar
in its informalities to that already brought
to
your attention.
It would appear that all the notices are
thus defective.-
His Excellency the Acting Governor will be glad if you can
suggest any
means
of remedy for this error, which, but for the discretion of Mr. White, the Acting Judge,
would inevitably have caused much confusion and may even now do so with loss in addition, unless promptly repaired
The fitting
course would seem to be
to