6
is clear and that is, the charges one and two derive their whole
7.
the
force from
the
assumption that
so
to establish them is to
guilty of charge three.
7. If I have not expended
Public
monies without authority, the neglect to furnish Returns, on
Requisitions fixed
on certain
dates could not
under the circumstances be
considered
a
very
10.-
offence.-
I take leave, however, in
the first place to object to
my letter of
the 23rd ultino
being deemed
irrelevant-
that I was entitled, to be
furnished with
a clear statement
of the grounds, both
by the Rules and Regulations of
the Colonial Service,
and in common
I further notified my intention respectfully to
protest
against the threatened
investigation before the Council on the ground that the members of that body
existing
could not under
the circumstances be deemed