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"in China, absent from instigation
"The Council meets this day at 3PM.,
Luncheon. -
by special
"The Minutes of the Council held
the 14th of February,
Confirmed.
are read and
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"His Excellency next draws attention
to the position of himself and the Colony in reference to Mr Morsom, the present Head of the Survey Department. He laid before Council his own Memorandum job4o. of the
17th instant, requesting Messrs: Smith, May, and Stewart to act as a Committee of Inquiry into the general conduct of Mr Morsom
and particularly to inquire into
a special matter, detailed in that Memorandum..
The said Council
on the same date took
the Report of Messrs
Smith, May, and
Stewart which he had received on
the 13th instant, and which he regards
as most explicit and as containing ample information on the points referred. It was the result
of a very careful and protracted
inquiry. Members had already
enjoyed
every
opportunity of perusing