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advantage which his position and acquaintance with the Colony gives.
I am powerless to contend any longer.
The Chief Justice has written letters dated respectively June 24th 1880, and July 30th 1880, which I have answered categorically in my letters dated respectively June 25th 1880, and August 3rd 1880, and when I have asked him, as the responsible head of the Office for definite instructions for my guidance and to state who are the subordinate officers whom I am required to control and supervise, he has delegated to his Clerk the duty of acknowledging my letter and by that letter dated August 19th 1880 desired me in future to write to him through his Clerk and referred me to Mr. Sangster for the particulars I required.
It was the Case as above stated and Contained in the letters mentioned which I wished to be brought to the notice of the Secretary of State, for I find that in my present position I am not only subjected to personal treatments which is almost intolerable but my usefulness is reduced to a nullity.
I am satisfied that the Conduct of the Chief Justice will not be approved of by the Authorities in England and my health will not enable me to bear much longer the harass and worry which it causes. I must pray His Excellency to accord me an enquiry and failing that, to obtain the sanction...