they
the
have caused me slight anxiety. On
our
I
hand & fully acknowledge the zeal
1
with which
you
are
endeavouring to serve
the interests of
the Colony
which
you govern
and I also observe
that
your advocacy of
those interests has in
many
cases been legitimate and successful.
But Her Majesty's
Government have not
concealed from you their opinion that more
than
1
than one
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the claims
advanced by you
have
been exaggerated and
untenable. And I am
obliged to add that
even
if this had been the case, the
interests of Her Majesty's service could not fail
to be materially injured
by the tone in which
they are
advanced and
by
the use
of expressions
which are certainly not
chosen with due care
to
avoid
offence,
and
will be understood as
intended