I am unconscious of having offended against any of the Colonial Office regulations and I am also unaware that I have in any respect failed in my duty as Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.
With regard to the responsibility which I occupy, I may state that during seven years tenure of office as Superintendent of the Civil Hospital, being not called upon to interfere with the private pursuits of my subordinates, I do not see how I can impose upon you duties or responsibilities with regard to my private affairs.
I am altogether at a loss to understand the purport of your letter of yesterday, for I do not gather from it anything I did not know six years ago, and during the last six years you have on several occasions availed yourself both personally and officially of such skill as it happens to possess.
I have the honor to be,
Your obedient Servant,
C. J. Wharry
Surgeon in Charge, Government Civil Hospital
Dated 31st December 1879.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th instant and regret the style in which you see fit to address me on behalf of your Department.
I beg to refer you to my letter of the 29th instant to which I now reply, and expect to have been informed that I have been engaged in private practice, and that it is permitted by the rules of the Service to any officer, without special sanction from Government.
I have the honor to be,
Your obedient Servant,
Ez. de M. BC. Angell
Colonial Surgeon
To C.J. Wharry, Surgeon in Charge, Civil Hospital
Dated January 2nd 1880.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ult., and with reference thereto I shall be glad if you would offer any explanation before reporting the matter to Government.