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complaint having ever been made. by Mr Gibbons that he had not entire control over his Department. The only questions that have ever arisen have been as to his endeavour to supersede the Judges in their extra-judicial functions.
As to complaint B. that papers have been removed from his custody so that he could not produce original vouchers to the Auditor. The short answer to this vague complaint is that the Auditor has passed in fact all the accounts of Mr. Gibbons and there I might leave the matter.
But this complaint is grave. I have tried to trace out its foundation. The words of Mr. Thomson are almost identical with a letter by Mr. Gibbons which I enclose. This is the only complaint I ever heard that Mr. Gibbons ever made.
I send herewith copies of three letters. I also send (the original having been lost) a letter by Mr Stageland to myself stating the purport of his inquiry, and stating what afterwards occurred.
4. In my letter to Mr. Gibbons of August ...