I do not wish to disturb
The present arrangement of
by which the Botanical Superintendent
of
the Botanical
Gardens and plantations
has been rendered independent of
the Surveyor General's department,
and which is in accordance with the
view expressed in my predecessor's despatch of the 15th October 1878, appears to be working
well, and I have no
wish to disturb it, nor
I gather does it appear from
the correspondence that
Mr. Price is desirous
of any
alteration.
of
Mr. Ford's
the
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The tone of
his letter (however) of
16th
of
October 1879
is obviously improper.
I cannot consider
that any justification
for it can be found in
sufficient provocation
for it from the terms of
Price's letter
of
the
28th of August 1877:
I must
state
If therefore the Superintendent's protest