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contains valuable documents and report with regard to the affairs of Siam and the general conduct of Colonel Cowie in the administration of that Colony.
The alleged interference by an ex-Governor in Colonial appointments with the administration of the government of the Colony done which he lawfully retired, appears to me to be not only in itself irregular but calculated to lead to grave inconvenience if not to cause serious injury to the public service.
4. As I stated in one of the first communications I have addressed to you I should feel myself obliged to express my decided disapproval of your conduct in this case, and I trust that I shall not again be called upon to notice any departure by you from what I am glad
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