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which are) grossly injurious and entirely incorrect, and I have to express my deep regret that His Excellency should have afforded me no opportunity of learning and refuting its contents before he sent it to the press.
3. By the next mail I shall do myself the honour of submitting to Your Lordship my detailed answers to Mr Ford's allegations, but I feel that I cannot allow the Gazette to go home without assuring Your Lordship that the report which appears in it, is a calumnious document.
4. The report, as Your Lordship will observe, bears date 16th October 1879 and has therefore been held back for ten months. Unfortunately during this period I have incurred the Supreme displeasure of the Governor, which displeasure culminated about ten days ago at an Executive Council during which, to my great regret, I was unable to concur in His Excellency's views in respect of some public sanitary matters.
5. The points raised as to the future management of the Garden and tree planting in this Colony having been finally settled