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I have less to say on the general mismanagement of the business of your office, which has entailed serious injury and discredit on the Government by the irritating and needless delays which appear to His Excellency to have been wantonly thrown in the way of contractors receiving prompt payment for the work done in accordance with the special terms made with you on behalf of the Government. It is difficult to compute the amount of dissatisfaction felt by all parties, as well as loss and discredit to the Government, which might arise and has arisen from such gross mismanagement in one year.
His Excellency further desires me to apprize you that you will be expected, without delay, to furnish in writing such explanation or refutation of the above charges as you think fit. If that explanation be unsatisfactory to His Excellency, it is his intention to lay it before the Executive Council - in which case he will summon a special meeting of that body for the purpose next Tuesday.
Owing to the recent inquiry into and your Examinations before the Departmental Committee, the points adverted to...
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- Spelling errors (e.g., "mismanaganeul" -> "mismanagement", "discreted" -> "discredit", "paymout" -> "payment", "Sovernment" -> "Government", "großß" -> "gross", "misatisfactory" -> "unsatisfactory", "spesial" -> "special", "Quesory" -> "Tuesday")
- Spacing issues (e.g., extra spaces removed)
- Rejoining broken sentences
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