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which led to a further expression of His Excellency's views to the effect that having regard to the use of public money in my possession, he only desired me to return what I had received according to usage and practice established in this colony.
His inability to comply with my request without infringing a principle hitherto maintained in the case of other Civil Servants was regretted. As I have already explained to His Excellency, the case of Mr. Douglas (the one, I presume, to which His Excellency refers) is, I think, totally different to mine, and I fail to see how it can be considered a precedent in my case, probably due to his loss...
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