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comply wick Mr Cardwell's instructionis. As then stated that he had no idea Mit Murdoch would have sent the
letter to the Secretary of State, that he
never intended any reflection
on this
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mout and that he wished ho
Government
had not writtew it. I asked him when
he suspected the existence of abuses
why he did not inform the
between M. Sampson and mysel for
(signed) W... Alexander, Acting Colonial Secretary
(True Copy)
WAlbrand
Acting Alonial Secretary
Government- he
said the idea
entered his head
he
then requested
mw to
Assure
Sur Mercer that he had no
intention of Glanning this Governme
in the matter.
The
is in substance if
foregoing is
not in the very words all that passed
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