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required or given. I have looked through those copies of returns which are to be found in the office and I cannot discover any certified ... nor can I ascertain from such ... hit Barff that he has ever been called upon to certify to any returns. I have also looked through the letter books of the office during the last six and a half years and I cannot find that on my previous occasion the returns have been sent to the Colonial Secretary but that no less than sixty-six letters have been addressed by the Registrar to Colonial Secretary on various matters connected with the Supreme Court work, not one of which appear to have passed through your Honor.
Before the receipt of your Honor's letter now under acknowledgement I had not noticed the paragraph in the report to which you direct my attention but I have since made search in the office and have been unable to find that during the period, not only have the returns been forwarded by the Registrar ... I have been able to find the letter of Governor Sir ... to ...