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state of the embankment at least imp before the accident, and that he had means of ascertaining every day subsequently, that the Convicts were still first to work on the spot reported dangerous- and therefore was guilty of extreme and culpable negligence, especially as two similar accidents had
already recurred under his Superintendence.
His Excellency has therefore
been advised by this Executive Council &
to
cause Machado to be dismissed with loss of any pay due to him, and I have to instruct you to dismiss him accordingly-explaining
to him at the same time that it
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was quite competent for his Excellency, to have had him and his subordinates Gaut and Alves indicted for Manslaughter.
Sergeant Bank and Jose Alves will also be dismissed as directly implicated in repeated disobedience of the orders of the Government and of
Machado, however inadequate the
have been, such as
latter
may
Notification of all these proceedings will be forwarded to the Secretary of State.
As his Excellency considers the
entire direction of the labor of Convicts outside of the Gaol to be under the control of the Survey department, he will consequen