In conclusion I have respectfully to state, that although the Board in their report have attributed the recent escape to the Prison rules not having been carried out, thereby implying negligence on my part, I trust His Excellency will not endorse this censure.
To preserve unsullied a character for zeal and faithfulness in discharging my duties, which every one I have served under have borne testimony to.
I have, &c.
(Signed) Geo L. Tomlin, Superintendent.
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Memorandum Colonial Secretary
Until I have had an opportunity of vindicating myself personally to His Excellency, or being allowed some other chance of doing so. I have now served the Public for upwards of sixteen years without the slightest censure ever having been passed on me, and trust I may be pardoned for endeavouring