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of September, 1880,) were withdrawn by him after I had caused them to be submitted to Sir John Pope Hennessy for his observations. Mr. Gibbons has also overlooked the fact, that, when, towards the end of the month of September he again sent in the letter of the 7th of September and others making charges against the Chief Justice expressing the wish that they should be sent to the Secretary of State, he was officially informed that, for the purpose of transmitting them to Your Lordship, his letters should be in duplicate, and he was accordingly sent them in in duplicate, and was fully aware of the fact that I had again submitted them to the Chief Justice for His Honour's observations and he seems also to have overlooked the letter he received from the Acting Colonial Secretary, dated 29th September, 1880, acknowledging the receipt of his letters... for the purpose of being forwarded to "Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies."
4. In addition to his official knowledge of the fact that his letters of complaint were being dealt with in the ordinary course, he also knew that immediately after he had made his first complaint against the Chief Justice, "I endeavoured, unofficially, to get the matter amicably settled, and he further knew that when he insisted on having laid before Your Lordship the letter he